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The Trinity Of Global Power Unfolding The New World Order

August 22, 2023

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In an ever-changing geopolitical landscape, one question endures: “Who runs the world?” Historically, the answer to this question has swung like a pendulum between different power centres. Those of us…

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Empire’s Echoes. Unravelling The Gordian Knot Of The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict.

July 6, 2023

Here we are, standing at the mouth of a century-long vortex, peering into the chaos and complexities of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. It is a maelstrom born in the womb of…

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People

Six Ways Humanity Have Survived Throughout History and How They Have Improved Now

May 18, 2022

Human beings were believed to be descendants of primates, as the theory of evolution goes. Interestingly enough, the first primates on Earth were the Dryomomys, a small primate that survived…

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Rediscovering Chicago’s Rich History And What We Can Learn From It Today

December 28, 2020

Chicago is a city with a long and storied history, stretching back centuries and steeping the place in stories, lore and intrigue which many of its modern residents and visitors…

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People

US Law Has Long Seen People Of African Descent As Fugitives

June 4, 2020

Occasionally, a mistruth spreads that the Second Amendment to the US Constitution was based on the need for slave patrols. It wasn’t. It grew out of an old republican fear…

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Futurology: How A Group Of Visionaries Looked Beyond The Possible A Century Ago And Predicted Today’s World

September 6, 2019

From shamanic ritual to horoscopes, humans have always tried to predict the future. Today, trusting predictions and prophecies has become part of daily life. From the weather forecast to the…

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Technology

How Cold War Rivalry Helped Launch The Chinese Computer

August 18, 2019

It was the summer of 1959, and the United States needed a Cold War win. In 1957, the Soviet bloc scored a major technological victory with Sputnik 1. The next year,…

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Cities

How Do You Measure The Value Of A Historic Site?

July 15, 2019

Debates over historic preservation often run into a problem: There’s plenty of data to support economic arguments, and much less to address questions of cultural value. A research team in…

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