In middle school or high school, most children grow up reading “The Monkey’s Paw” by W.W. Jacobs. This is, of course, the classic story where the paw can make a wish come true, but often with unintentionally horrific consequences. This is a fictional story, but...
For the most part, politicians are known for keeping their cool, especially when the cameras are running. That is particularly true of career politician Hillary Clinton, who got very close to becoming president of the United States of America. She lost to Donald Trump, a...
Hillary Clinton has had a lifetime of secrecy. She often had to keep her cards close to the vest as first lady, especially when it came to multiple scandals surrounding her husband Bill Clinton. When she ventured into politics herself, first as a senator and...
As a politician and president, Bill Clinton was something of a mixed bag. On one hand, he presided over one of the best decades for economic and technological development. On the other hand, his success was marred by an affair with Monica Lewinsky that resulted...
Successful politicians have to do many strange things in order to maintain public appearances. Sometimes, that means kissing babies. And sometimes, that means kissing each other! These kisses are meant to humanize these politicians in the eyes of voters. However, it doesn’t always work. And...
Presidential affairs are not a recent thing. But what is relatively recent is video technology that helps record scandals in real-time. It’s tough to brush a scandal under the rug once there is video evidence that will last forever! Some of the video that emerge...
What can we say about Monica Lewinsky that hasn’t already been said? Once a bright-eyed White House intern, Monica Lewinsky got to fulfill her dream of working alongside the charismatic and powerful President Bill Clinton. But when her admiration of the president blossomed into a...
How smart is the United States president? This is one of those questions citizens hotly debate, both before and after the election. In an attempt to set the record straight, a psychologist at the University of California at Davis tried to figure out the IQ...
How do you feel about the possible existence of aliens and UFOs? Because there has never previously been compelling hard evidence about these things, belief in extraterrestrial life is its own leap of faith. As Fox Mulder’s office poster said in The X-Files, most of...
Ever wonder what life is like for presidents after they leave office? Much like their time in office, retirement days are a considerably mixed bag. On one hand, the Former Presidents Act and other bits of legislation established some really nice lifetime perks for former...
