Joseph Pronechen Joseph Pronechen is staff writer with the National Catholic Register since 2005 and before that a regular correspondent for the paper. His articles have appeared in a number of national publications including Columbia magazine, Soul, Faith and Family, Catholic Digest, Catholic Exchange, and Marian Helper. ncregister.com Did
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Haley Kynefin Haley Kynefin is a writer and independent social theorist with a background in behavioral psychology. She left academia to pursue her own path integrating the analytical, the artistic and the realm of myth. Her work explores the history and sociocultural dynamics of power. brownstone.org Welcome to The
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Joao Pedro de Magalhaes University of Birmingham All human beings age. It is part of our biology and limits our lifespan to slightly over 120 years. Not all animals experience ageing during their lives. Some animals’ bodies do not gradually degenerate as they get older the way our bodies do.
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Ryan McMaken Ryan McMaken is executive editor at the Mises Institute. Send him your article submissions for the Mises Wire and Power and Market, but read article guidelines first. Ryan has a bachelor’s degree in economics and a master’s degree in public policy and international relations from the
Harry Palmer Jacinda Ardern was one of 15 ‘iconic’ women selected to appear on the cover of the September 2019 issue of British Vogue. It was even thought by some that, following in the footsteps of her fellow lefty globalist Barack Obama, she might even be awarded the 2019 Nobel
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Melanie Williams Professor of Film and Television Studies University of East Anglia Roger Lewis’s biographies are always rich, wayward, engrossing, idiosyncratic and above all obsessive, which seems entirely fitting for evoking the particular qualities of his latest subject – the celebrity couple to end them all, Richard Burton and Elizabeth
Aristotle Kallis Professor of Modern and Contemporary History Keele University Extraordinary evil involves a total moral collapse across society caused by failure of individual humanity and ethical judgment. This was the conclusion of the philosopher Hannah Arendt after witnessing the trial of Adolf Eichmann – the chief architect of the Holocaust
Tiger Over the last few years, we have been locked down, locked out, oppressed, cajoled, bribed, extorted and subjected to propaganda, brainwashing and social exclusion. It’s not a stretch to say we were traumatised from being kicked and smashed figuratively (for those in business) and literally (for those brave
Karl D. Stephan Karl D. Stephan is a professor of electrical engineering at Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas. This article has been republished, with permission, from his blog Engineering Ethics, which is a MercatorNet partner site. His ebook Ethical and Otherwise: Engineering in the Headlines is available in
Serina DeSalvio Ph.D. Candidate in Genetics and Genomics Texas A&M University Cranberries are a staple in U.S. households at Thanksgiving – but how did this bog dweller end up on holiday tables? Compared to many valuable plant species that were domesticated over thousands of years, cultivated cranberry
Jeffrey Miller Associate Professor of Hospitality Management Colorado State University Jeff Miller teaches Hospitality Management at Colorado State University. He was a French-style bistro chef for 20 years before becoming a teacher. He has travelled the world looking for exciting culinary experiences and interesting cultures. Nothing says Christmas quite like
Neil J. Gostling Associate Professor in Evolution and Palaeobiology University of Southampton Hugh Gray was taking his usual post-church walk around Loch Ness in Scotland on a November Sunday in 1933. His amble was disrupted when he saw something bobbing above the water two or three feet from him. He
