There is no period in history more misunderstood than the Middle Ages. Providence College Professor of English, Anthony Esolen, vividly demonstrates why the “Dark Ages” would be better described as the “Brilliant Ages.”
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al-Qaeda’s Bad Employee
Former al-Qaeda fighter and mastermind of the gas plant hostage crisis in Algeria, Mokhtar Belmokhtar, was bad employee and his bosses told him so.
ARVE Error: need id and providerWho Decides How You Die?
You may have the right to control your own life, but what about your own death? This is a question facing several states across the United States, including, most recently, Vermont and Montana. While physician aid-in-dying, or assisted suicide, has been legal in Oregon for almost two decades and legal in Washington for almost five years, other states have proved resistant to the idea. Reason.TV was on the scene as this legal and moral battle played out in a somewhat surprising place: Montana, where conservative Republicans dominate local politics.
“We have a certain tradition here, going back to frontier days, of saying there are certain areas the government ought to stay out of,” says Robert Connell, a Montana attorney who argued in the state’s landmark Supreme Court case, Baxter v. Montana. Connell’s client, U.S. Marine veteran and retired trucker Robert Baxter, suffered from a terminal illness called lymphocytic leukemia and wanted the ability to take medication that would hasten his death and end his suffering. He died before Montana’s Supreme Court could even issue the Baxter decision, which recognized a constitutional right to assisted suicide for all Montanans.
ARVE Error: need id and providerRogue Waves
Rogue waves are those that are greater than twice the height of surrounding waves. For a long time, rogue waves were thought to be a myth, like mermaids or the kraken, but recent developments in satellite imagery and oceanic instruments now show that they occur on a semi-regular basis. But we’re still not sure why. Hank Green discusses the phenomenon on the SciShow.
ARVE Error: need id and providerLeft Soft on Terrorism
Liberals have a difficult time recognizing radical Islam. They have an even harder time uttering these words, or other words like terrorism, jihadism and radical Muslim. The left does not have difficulty blaming Christians for every perceived injustice, so why can’t they blame jihadists for the Boston Marathon attack, the London beheading or Benghazi? Find out why on this ZoNation. H/T PJTV
ARVE Error: need id and providerKorea Vs. Japan
Eat Your Kimchi vbloggers Simon and Martina talk about the differences they have observed between Korea and Japan. They’re not big differences about culture and history and politics, but just basic observations that they have noticed from their experiences living and traveling in both countries.
ARVE Error: need id and providerCaptain T & T
Thin Foot, a young boy living on the Caribbean island nation of Trinidad & Tobago, imagines himself as a superhero in the making. His alter-ego is Captain T & T, a crime-fighter destined to right the wrongs in the world. Perhaps Thin Foot’s fantasies and ambitions are a tad unrealistic, but this dreamer deserves credit for his unflagging optimism. He never throws in the towel even in the face of defeat. This short, an imaginative mix of live-action and animation, is the work of a husband and wife team, Christopher and Leizelle Guinness. H/T Kuriositas
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The Graduation Song
All in one take! Rhett and Link deliver a musical wake-up call for high school graduates.
ARVE Error: need id and providerShades of Tricky Dick
Many pundits and journalists, including CBS’ Bob Schieffer, have drawn parallels between the Obama White House’s handling of scandals plaguing the administration and former President Richard Nixon’s management of Watergate. RevealPolitics looked back in the archives to see just how close they were.
ARVE Error: need id and providerStop Drinking the Haterade
AlfonZo Rachel is tired of liberals telling him to stop talking about faith and politics. Why don’t liberals just stop watching his videos? Listen to Zo tell you why liberals are the ones drinking the Haterade on this Zo Nation. H/T PJTV
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