Despite what your weird cousin Dave says, politics are essential to a functioning society and very much matter. Politics touch on nearly every single level of life, and not caring about them at all isn’t something a responsible adult should do. But, while the messiness of politics raises tensions, causes enormous rifts in morality and compassion between opposing idealists, this ugliness makes it the perfect primordial soup for spawning some of the best insults ever and some really good comebacks to pair with them.
One of the most famous authors in United States history and a man who never, ever looks happy with having his picture taken, Mark Twain, the author of the Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn, among many others, led a long and colorful life filled with adventure, fame and fortune.
by Jovana Čenejac Ever since the early seventeenth century, when the British East India Company established trading posts in the East Indies and throughout Southern Asia, English has been used widely throughout the region in a number of countries that would rise from the ashes of former Imperial colonies. So it should come as no surprise…
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Infinity is famously difficult to picture. You can imagine huge numbers or things repeating into the horizon, fractals that appear to go on forever, but since infinity never stops, it’s impossible to really consider everything that could go into it. So, food for thought – what if we didn’t have to think about infinity as…
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In the spirit of February’s massively successful maiden SpaceX Falcon Heavy launch, I wanted to throw together a short mini-post about space and language. Before we get into the languagey stuff, I feel like I need to briefly explain what’s going on. On Tuesday Feb 6th, entrepreneur billionaire Elon Musk’s private space launch company…
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by Jane Sandwood Learning a new tongue has become more popular than ever thanks to the variety of online language learning courses available. However, there is no getting around the fact that it can be extremely difficult to master a language. Recent research suggests that difficulties in picking up a foreign language arise from trying too hard.…
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