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We are told that sweets and chocolates are bad for us, and should be eaten in small amounts, if at all. However, during a terrifying wartime winter, a delivery of Tootsie Rolls proved to be a lifesaver. Tootsie Rolls are bite-size…

Despite its prevalence around the world, addiction is a widely misunderstood condition. When one is in the depths of addiction, whether their preferred substance is alcohol, amphetamines, or opiates, they can think of little else. Most of…

The air is undeniably tense surrounding the next United States presidential race. Not only does the Land of the Free currently have one of the most controversial commanders-in-chief in its history, but the issues at stake are being…

A little while back, I inquired about what it would take to have a tubal ligation. The reasons why are immaterial — what struck me was the downright antediluvian responses many physicians give women requesting the procedure. I soon became…

No one ever said growing old was a job for the feint of heart, but in America, many seniors face tougher hardships than dealing with increasing aches and pains. Ever-rising numbers of elderly Americans experience financial hardships that…

As the Trump administration continues to play its game of Chicken with reality itself, the rest of the world is waiting to see what results, if any, the recent climate change report will bring. National priorities all across the globe are…

In America, poverty is an issue typically associated with inner cities and rural landscapes; either overpopulation or the suffering of agricultural work cripples its populations. However, poverty seems to be traveling to a new area of the…

Midterm elections are so named because they occur halfway through a Presidential term. Every seat in the House of Representatives, a third of the Senate, and a heap of governorships and state posts are all up for grabs, but the big job in…

During the 1936 U.S Presidential election, William Dudley Pelley, the son of a Methodist minister from Massachusetts entered the race as a candidate for the Christian Party. Formerly a foreign correspondent across Europe and Russia in…

The current president of the United States is fond of taking credit for accomplishments that aren't his. One namesake he's definitely earned, however, and something he'd probably rather not hang his name on, is something mental health…