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Not His Fault! Real People in History Who Twisted Fiction’s Dorian Gray
Not His Fault! Real People in History Who Twisted Fiction’s Dorian Gray
Don’t blame him. They made him do it!
Betsy Denson
Sep 25
The Sacred Duty of Bearing Witness
The Sacred Duty of Bearing Witness
What it means to keep looking at 9/11
Betsy Denson
Sep 11
Depression-Era Torontonians Race To Procreate For Cash
Depression-Era Torontonians Race To Procreate For Cash
None of the Netflix, all of the chill
Patrick Metzger
Mar 22
Florence Nightingale Was the OG Work Martyr and That’s Not Healthy
Florence Nightingale Was the OG Work Martyr and That’s Not Healthy
Millennials could learn a thing or two about the dangers of leaving it all at the office
Betsy Denson
Mar 17
Three Reasons Why Kids (and Everyone Else) Should Learn About The Tulsa Race Massacre
Three Reasons Why Kids (and Everyone Else) Should Learn About The T...
A visit to the Greenwood Rising Museum in Tulsa, OK was an eyeopener about the utter destruction of an entire community
Betsy Denson
Feb 8
We Like People Who Get Away With Stuff, Just Ask D. B. Cooper — If You Can Find Him
We Like People Who Get Away With Stuff, Just Ask D. B. Cooper — If ...
And the other reasons we’re still fixated on a 50+ year-old hijacking
Betsy Denson
Jan 29
Telling Time by the Oldest Turtle in The World
Telling Time by the Oldest Turtle in The World
Jonathan — born the same year as Lewis Carroll, Edouard Manet, and Louisa May Alcott — turns 192 this year
Betsy Denson
Jan 9
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The Scoop on Ancient Poop: What It Can Teach Us About Diets Today
The Scoop on Ancient Poop: What It Can Teach Us About Diets Today
Turns out our fossilized feces has quite a tale to tell
Betsy Denson
Oct 23, 2023
Never Forgotten: Five Lives Lost on September 11th
Never Forgotten: Five Lives Lost on September 11th
A visit to the 9/11 Memorial and Museum will always stay with me
Betsy Denson
Sep 10, 2023
People Don’t Know How to Break up With Each Other Anymore
People Don’t Know How to Break up With Each Other Anymore
We used to have the cojones to put it in writing
Betsy Denson
Aug 28, 2023
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