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The Invention of the Modern Self

Books & the Arts / How did the idea of the individual come into being? David A. Bell In that classic of Western cinema, Monty ...
In one of the most memorable scenes from the beloved comedy Monty Python and the Holy Grail, King Arthur (Graham Chapman) and Sir Bedivere (Terry Jones) encounter the mysterious Knights Who Say “Ni!” ...
Experts have finally uncovered a 'big bang' moment which determines how bowel cancer will grow, in landmark research ...
MATTOON — Senior David Pearcy, Jr. will begin the next stage of his life when he graduates during Mattoon High School's commencement ceremony on Saturday evening, May 17.
In The Handmaid’s Tale, food is a symbol of control over the handmaids in the fictional society Gilead and even after they escape from it. Despite how food controls them, the handmaids find ways to ...
Families in the U.S. and around the world are having fewer children as people make profoundly different decisions about their lives. NPR's series Population Shift: How Smaller Families Are Changing ...
Five suspected terror plotters were arrested Friday morning in Michigan. The FBI Detroit field office confirmed to the Daily Mail that it raided three homes in the ...