Jon Miltimore fee.org Jonathan Miltimore is the Managing Editor of FEE.org. His writing/reporting has been the subject of articles in TIME magazine, The Wall Street Journal, CNN, Forbes, Fox News, and the Star Tribune. Bylines: Newsweek, The Washington Times, MSN.com, The Washington Examiner, The Daily Caller,
Ben McCann University of Adelaide In November 1942, a romantic drama directed by a Hungarian immigrant and starring an ex-naval officer and an obscure Swedish actress was released. The film began shooting without a finished script. Many at Warner Brothers Studios thought the film would quickly disappear into obscurity.
Christian Jordan Howell University of South Florida David Maimon Georgia State University It is common to hear news reports about large data breaches, but what happens once your personal data is stolen? Our research shows that, like most legal commodities, stolen data products flow through a supply chain consisting of
particle.scitech.org.au Heated debates often flare in the festive season. Fuelled by the spirit of Christmas, controversial ideas can be flung flippantly across the table. Every year, without fail, someone will always throw one particular topic up for a heated debate. Exactly how many calories does Santa Claus
Howard Manns Kate Burridge lens.monash.edu Howard works in the Linguistics Program, where he is the coordinator of the Master of Applied Linguistics. His primary research interest is language variation and change and the impact of this change on speakers and communities. Kate is a prominent Australian linguist and
Carl W Jones University of Westminster December 25, as we all know, is Jesus Christ’s birthday, a Christian celebration in which the myth of three kings who travelled far and wide to give gifts to the “new born king” inspires the modern Christian tradition of gift giving. Early gifts
Joe Perry Georgia State University In 1921, in a Munich beer hall, newly appointed Nazi party leader Adolf Hitler gave a Christmas speech to an excited crowd. According to undercover police observers, 4,000 supporters cheered when Hitler condemned “the cowardly Jews for breaking the world-liberator on the cross”
Joan Fitzpatrick Loughborough University Charles Dickens popularised the traditional, English Christmas in 1843 in his novel A Christmas Carol, when Bob Cratchit and his family sit down on Christmas Day to eat a dinner of goose with mashed potatoes and apple sauce accompanied by sage and onion stuffing and followed
William Keylor Boston University The Christmas Truce is no stranger to popular entertainment – 2014 more than any other as its 100th anniversary is marked. The famous moment when British and German soldiers climbed out of the trenches in peace on Christmas Day 1914 has been replicated and ruminated upon in
goodnewsnetwork.org A retired couple amusingly recreate their friends’ Christmas card photo every year—by posing in place of their young children. 68-year-old Carol and 72-year-old Michael Whalen started the tradition after receiving a greetings card showing their pals’ then one-year-old son in his
Diane Winston USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism Tinseled trees and snowy landscapes are not the only signs of the upcoming holiday season. Red kettles, staffed by men and women in street clothes, Santa suits and Salvation Army uniforms, also telegraph Christmastime. The Salvation Army is among America’s
François Lévêque Mines ParisTech A few hundred years ago, who would have dreamed that the humble Christmas tree would one day be an immense global success? Certainly not Martin Luther, who is said to have decorated a tree with candles to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ. Nor Prince Albert,
William Norman Grigg (1963-2017) was Managing Editor of the Libertarian Institute and an award-winning investigative journalist and author. He was the author of five books, most recently Liberty in Eclipse: The War on Terror and the Rise of the Homeland Security State. Mr. Grigg wrote and published the
The old saying, ‘Birds of a feather stick together’ is once more proving to be true. An article in the NZ Herald has Jacinda Ardern once again exposing her true self. Evidently, she is featured in a new Netflix documentary hosted by Harry and Megan to celebrate “inspirational leaders”. Under
The Doctor Recently I wrote about how “magic tricks” are being used to distract us from the important things that are happening right now. And I wondered what the Three Waters spectacle was distracting us from. James Roguski has the answer. He reports that the WHO has been secretly working
Peter Doyle London South Bank University Professor, London South Bank University; PhD geology; geology, military geoscience and military history research background; Secretary of the All Party Parliamentary War Heritage Group; British Commission on Military History member; author of 41 books (military history, geoscience) and numerous papers on geology, military geology,
