Author: Madison Hayes
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Secret Government Program to Recover Crashed Alien Spacecraft: Fact or Fiction?
For more than a week, a claim by an intelligence-community insider about a secret government program to recover crashed alien spacecraft has been hyped up by many people, including some prominent individuals on the political right. This claim bears a striking resemblance to previous government misinformation campaigns to discredit “problematic” individuals. Popular right-wing media figures…
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A Doll’s Tale: Exploring History Through Hitty’s Eyes
The YouTube algorithm has been entertaining me with clips from Pawn Stars episodes recently. I have watched episodes about Beatles memorabilia, an amazing vintage plane, and a poker cheat’s tools from the 1920s. The sellers can offer personal and historical context to the objects if they are well-documented or family heirlooms. However, we can only…
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The Economic Implications of a Shrinking Population
As a Baby Boomer, I was born during a time when people were concerned about the population growing too quickly. However, now the opposite is true. Birth rates have declined globally, and we are facing the possibility of a shrinking population. More than two-thirds of the world’s population lives in countries with birth rates below…