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Tommy G. Thompson Biography
Tommy G. ThompsonGeorge W. Bush's secretary of Health and Human Services Born: 11/19/1941Birthplace: Elroy, Wis. Thompson was the governor of Wisconsin for an unprecedented 14 years. During…Nim Chimpsky
The chimpanzee Nim Chimpsky was the subject of a landmark experiment in teaching sign language to apes. Named in a humorous salute to language theorist Noam Chomsky, Nim Chimpsky was born in a…Tricia Helfer
Tricia Helfer played Cylon Number Six, the sexy cyborg, in both the 2003 miniseries Battlestar Galactica and the TV series that followed. Tricia Helfer got her start as a model, winning the 1992 Ford…Theories of the Universe: How Did We Get Here?
How Did We Get Here?Theories of the UniverseEvolution vs. CreationismIt's a Matter of OpinionHow Did We Get Here?And God Said … I wanted to spend some time discussing ideas about the nature of…An Old Whig: What Does History Teach? (Part 1)
What Does History Teach? (Part 1)An Old WhigReprinted from the [Philadelphia] Independent Gazetteer.27 November 1787by An Old WhigSee also Federalist No. 18, Federalist No. 19, and Federalist…John F. Kennedy's Inaugural Address
Given on Friday, January 20, 1961 Vice President Johnson, Mr. Speaker, Mr. Chief Justice, President Eisenhower, Vice President Nixon, President Truman, Reverend Clergy, fellow citizens: We…The Upanishads, translated by Max Müller: Preface
I MUST begin this series of translations of the Sacred Books of the East with three cautions: the first, referring to the character of the original texts here translated; the second, with regard to…Scooby-Doo
Scooby-Doo is the title star of a long-running Saturday-morning cartoon of the 1970s, 1980s, and beyond. A comically nervous Great Dane, Scooby spent each episode of his original series hunting…David Hume
David Hume was a prominent figure of the 18th century's Scottish Enlightenment, known especially for his skepticism and rejection of theism. His early philosophical work, A Treatise of Human Nature…Kennewick Man
Kennewick Man is one of the oldest skeletons to be unearthed in the modern era, thereby becoming a point of contention between the world of scientific research and the world of cultural preservation…Trending
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