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‘Most Beautiful’ Taco Bell Serves Booze on Beachfront Patio

Readers driving along the ocean north of Big Sur, California, might be inclined to make...

The ‘Bystander Effect’ Is Real — But Differently Among Larger Groups

A witness to a troubling situation who is in a group may feel a lesser...

The Easter Bunny Tale: Fun Fiction or Harmful Myth?

Three major fantasy characters pervade Western culture: Santa Claus, the Tooth Fairy and the Easter...

Chocolate Easter Eggs Were Once a Rare Luxury

For almost a century after the first ones were produced in the 1870s by Fry’s...

The Very Strange History of the Easter Bunny

While you’re biting the heads off your chocolate bunnies, you might wonder how cartoon rabbits...

10 Things to Know About the Real St. Patrick

Patrick’s own writings and early accounts of the saint’s career reveal many interesting details about...

How a Silent Movie Informs the Debate Over the Right to Be Forgotten

The right to be forgotten has sparked concern over “erasing” history. But neither regulation nor...

Why ‘Royal Confessionals’ Threaten the Monarchy

The “confessional” is often used in celebrity cultures to manufacture intimacies with audiences.

No, Opposites Do Not Attract

Unlike magnets, people tend to be attracted to those who are similar – not opposite...

Impeachment After Leaving Office? Rome Put a Pope’s Corpse on Trial

Even death may not be a bar to prosecution for misconduct in public office.

The Spellbinding History of Cheese and Witchcraft

It’s not entirely clear why cheese is seen to have magical properties.

ShantyTok: Is the Sugar and Rum Line in Wellerman a Reference to Slavery?

Shanties show the clear influence of the African-American tradition of work-songs.