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  • No ‘E’s Were Harmed in the Making of This Email

    Oct 29, 2025

  • Beef Please, But Make It Older

    Jul 20, 2025

  • The Chemistry of Chuckles: Inside Nitrous Oxide

    Jun 3, 2025

  • I Do Not Like Long Books, Sam I Am

    May 20, 2025

  • Why Your Local Beach Doesn’t Look Like a Screensaver

    Apr 30, 2025

  • When Silence Speaks Volumes: The Story Behind a Legendary Voice

    Apr 22, 2025

  • The Memory Palace: How a Greek Poet, a Crushed Banquet, and a Blender Can Fix Your Forgetfulness

    Apr 16, 2025

  • The Mustache Cup: Facial Hair vs. Darjeeling

    Apr 8, 2025

  • Dam Beaver!

    Apr 1, 2025

  • The Perfect March Madness Bracket: Long Odds

    Mar 25, 2025

  • What You Need to Know About Really Spicy Food

    Mar 16, 2025

  • Abbey Road

    Feb 13, 2025

  • Who Owns the Ocean? The Scoop on International Waters

    Feb 5, 2025

  • Some Perspective on Big Government Spending

    Jan 10, 2025

  • About Those Recess Cabinet Appointments…

    Nov 20, 2024

  • Why Do Tennis Players Grunt?

    Apr 3, 2024

  • Why Does Bacon Smell So Good?

    Mar 28, 2024

  • Mythbusting Silencers

    Mar 17, 2024

  • What Does Space Smell Like?

    Jan 9, 2024

  • What Was the Deal with Women’s Right to Vote?

    Nov 16, 2023

  • Cutting the Cable: A Practical Look at Streaming TV Quality vs. Cost

    Nov 9, 2023

  • How We Used to Elect Presidents

    Oct 23, 2023

  • Is the United States a Democracy?

    Sep 21, 2023

  • Constitution Day: How the U.S. Constitution Came to Be

    Sep 17, 2023

  • How to Play a Respectable Game of Billiards: Essential Pool Tips

    Sep 13, 2023

  • A Constitutional Do-Over: To Beer or Not to Beer

    Sep 11, 2023

  • How Do Politicians Get So Rich? 2: Stock Market Mastery!

    Sep 6, 2023

  • How Do Politicians Get Rich? 1: Fortuitous Land Investments

    Aug 30, 2023

  • What Aliens Learn From Satellite TV

    Aug 20, 2023

  • When the Boys Took George Washington Out to Party

    Jul 29, 2023

  • The Great $5 Bill of Rights Robbery

    Jul 29, 2023

  • If Congress Worked Like American Ninja Warrior

    Jul 29, 2023

  • The Second Continental Congress: You Know Things Are Bad When...

    Jul 28, 2023

  • The Greatest Constitutional Amendment Ever?

    Jul 28, 2023

  • Aging Well

    Jul 30, 2019

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