… heroes of classical mythology, Hercules, called Heracles by the Greeks, was the son of the god Zeus and the mortal Alcmene. The goddess Hera, who hated the infant Hercules, sent two serpents to destroy him in his cradle, but Hercules strangled them.…

… noise; the thing that turns your girlfriends into whores, and your boyfriend into a punk; that which turns everything you do into a waste of time in your elders’ eyes. I am going to try to shed some light on this subject. I will show that everybody,…

… a beauty ‘taming’ a beast, most likely taken from the popularity of the French fairy tale, “Beauty and the Beast.” But where exactly did this plot originate? Many do not realize that the themes within “Beauty and the Beast” were not entirely original…

… of the making and ratifying of the Constitution of the United States. The challenge before the Constitutional Convention was to draft a document that would harness political power in a responsible fashion. The direction of the young country’s future,…

… It is commonly thought today that the theory of evolution originated from Darwin in the nineteenth century. However, the idea that species mutate over time has been around for a long time in one form or another. Therefore, by…

… between 470-399 B.C. He turned Greek attention toward questions of ethics and virtue and away from those of the heavenly bodies. Socrates spent much time in the Agora (marketplace) where he held conversations with townspeople. Socrates believed that…

… what is capitalism? Capitalism is defined as a social system based on the principle of individual rights. Capitalism also called Free Market Economy, or Free Enterprise Economy, economic system, dominant in the Western world since the breakup of feudali…

… what is capitalism? Capitalism is defined as a social system based on the principle of individual rights. Capitalism also called Free Market Economy, or Free Enterprise Economy, economic system, dominant in the Western world since the breakup…

… rulers in 1775. The war began on April 19, when British soldiers fired on the Minutemen of Lexington, Mass. The fighting ended with the surrender of the British at Yorktown on Oct. 19, 1781. In 1783 Great Britain signed a formal treaty recognizing…

… Passive Euthanasia: An Impertinent Distinction, he disagrees with James Rachels’ interpretation of the AMA’s policy on euthanasia, (the putting to death of a person with an incurable disease). However, the AMA itself states its agreement with Rachels’…