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Few speeches in American history have stirred the collective heart of the country quite Like Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I have a dream" speech in 1963. Everyone remembers the line, “I have a dream that my four little children will one day…

So far 2016 has been a rough year for the entertainment industry. First we lost the beautiful, amazing, groundbreaking talent of David Bowie, and now I was saddened again to hear of the Passing of Alan Rickman. Rickman's presence on the…

Joseph Campbell was one of those rare minds that I think the world really could stand to have around today. Born in 1904, Cambell dedicated himself to reading, learning, and exploring. During the great depression, Campbell lived in a…

The world lost an amazing musician, artist, and personality in the passing of David Bowie. For me, Bowie was so much more than a musician. He was a groundbreaker. He was a trendsetter. He broke all the rules and rearranged the pieces as he…

I recently came across a beautiful, insightful, and eye-opening little piece of writing by the Dalai Lama that really got my brain worked up. The poem is called the Paradox of Our Age, and I think it's one of the most accurate portraits…

Timothy Leary is best known for his role as the poster boy of the 1960's counterculture revolution. It was Leary who advised the world to "turn on, tune in, drop out". Most people don't know the side of Leary that was a writer,…

Very few musicians deserve the title "cultural icon" quite like Bob Marley. Marley's music transcended generations because, at its heart, his music about changing the world we live in - starting with ourselves. He was so much more than a…

The Mona Lisa by Da Vinci has been the subject of several scientific examinations for almost a century. Pascal Cotte, a French scientist claims he has uncovered a hidden image underneath the Mona Lisa. Cotte was given access to the…

In history, there have been few minds more brilliant than that of the Greek philosopher, Plato. I mean, he the student of Socrates and the teacher to Aristotle himself. Plato is one of the founding fathers of what we now know as Western…