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...climate changes alone weren't enough to wipe out 30 million bison. Humans played a big role. By 1700 Native Americans were riding horses, which allowed them to kill prey much more efficiently than by approaching on foot, as they had done for the previous 9,000 years. Steam power allowed for the cheap transport of bison hides, and in the 1870s tanners learned to make useful leather from them. Demand soared, and the new Sharps "buffalo rifle" allowed hunters to meet that demand. The last significant bison hunt ended in 1883, when there were almost none left...
Like many who see so much of our world falling prey to violence and depravity, Lamont University Professor and Nobel Prize-winner Amartya L. Sen is searching for an explanation for how otherwise rational people can turn against their neighbors and commit heinous acts of cruelty.In “Identity and Violence,” his latest book, Sen argues that “violence is fomented by the imposition of singular and belligerent identities on gullible people.” Using historical examples and a personable style, Sen creates a simple yet powerful discourse on individual choice and identity...
...part of the post-Roe v. Wadegeneration that is extremely conflicted about abortion. I am pro-choice but wish the antagonists would work together to bring down the rate of abortion or at least respect the other viewpoint. They fall prey to name calling, fallacious arguments and misinformation, and both lose the trust of confused women...
...video along. Having developed similar person-to-person networks for Kazaa and Skype--to transmit music files and phone calls through the Net--Joost's engineers finally nailed the solution last summer. Shouts of joy went up when they streamed their first video. It depicted, appropriately enough, sharks circling prey...
Consider only this brief passage by H.W. Bellows, one of the most important advocates of James K. Polk’s invasion of Mexico. The passage summarizes a common pro-war argument of the time: “Mexico will ultimately fall a political prey, not to force, but to a superior population, insensibly oozing into her territories, changing her customs, and out-loving, out-trading, exterminating her weaker blood.” Who can read this passage and remain oblivious to the intersection of gender, politics, and territorial expansion? I hope that I won’t need...