Tag: Myths
What’s going on when the Virgin Mary appears and statues weep?...
Mathew Schmalz, College of the Holy Cross
Claims of appearances of the Virgin Mary and weeping statues have been...
Rainbow fentanyl – the newest Halloween scare
Joel Best, University of Delaware
Every year around the middle of October, reporters start contacting me wanting to talk...
Jimmy Hoffa disappeared – and then his legacy took on a...
David Scott Witwer, Pennsylvania State University
On July 30, 1975, Jimmy Hoffa, the former president of the Teamsters Union, disappeared.
He’d gone to a restaurant in...
Inside the sacred danger of Thailand’s caves
Andrew Alan Johnson, Princeton University
After almost three weeks in the dark, 12 Thai boys and their coach, were rescued from a cave deep underneath...
Inside the sacred danger of Thailand’s caves
Andrew Alan Johnson, Princeton University
For the past two weeks, a global audience has been transfixed by the drama of 12 boys and their coach...
Ancient Greek wisdom for today’s leadership crisis
Emily Anhalt, Sarah Lawrence College
What makes a good leader?
This question confronts us at every election and with every domestic and international policy decision. As...
Navigating the tricky waters of being a stepdad
Joshua Gold, University of South Carolina
The American family is evolving. Fifty years ago, a nuclear family of two biological parents and children was the...
Why children believe (or not) that Santa Claus exists
Jacqueline D. Woolley, University of Texas at Austin
The holiday season is upon us, and so are its attendant myths, most prominent of which is...
EXPLORING NATURE
In Disney’s ‘Moana,’ the characters navigate using the stars, just like...
Christopher Palma, Penn State
If you have visited an island like one of the Hawaiian Islands, Tahiti or Easter...
