One form of borderline child abuse that has been fine tuned for adult populations by national leaders is the use of the dreaded "bogeyman". Many cultures have employed their own version of this amorphous monster to terrorize their children into...
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The Need For No
Humans search for limits. Put a man in a dark cell and he will seek to find the walls, moving for the sole purpose of discovering where he needs to stop. Give a teenager a fast car and he will want to...
Seasons Change
We would do well in the midst of the gloomy winter to remember the words of Heraclitus: "Nothing endures but change". The heat of summer does not abide forever, but neither will the cold of winter. Nor do the governments of men....
Enemies Are Hard To Find
Every superhero needs an archenemy. After all, without villains, who needs superheroes? Take away The Joker, Catwoman, The Riddler, Mr. Freeze and their ilk, and Batman just becomes an odd circus performer running around in his underwear. And the villains need to...