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“...and the Universe, ... will explode later for your pleasure.” Author: Douglas Adams “I’m a pretty dangerous dude when I’m cornered.” “Yeah,” said the voice from under the table, “you go to pieces so fast people get hit by the shrapnel.” ― Douglas Adams, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe In another schizophrenic ride through highly improbable time and space adventure, Arthur Dent and rag-tag crew are pondering less the true meaning of earth’s creation and more: where would be a really great place to eat. Zigging through space haplessly hungry, with an unknown Vogon bent on destruction siting missiles [...]

Courage VS Cowardice: The Famous Civil War Story Author: Stephen Crane Breaking the norm of war fiction, Stephen Crane’s popular classic, first serialized and published in 1895, examines the internal psychology of one Union solider and his maturation process throughout his first and second battles in the Civil War. Shadowed with an addictive ominous tone, pummeled with gory realism and haunting imagery, the tale follows a young idealist, Henry Fleming, who enlists against his mother’s wishes, ready to be an acclaimed war hero. From plough to trench, however, the possibilities of death and the potential for failure soon changes the [...]

Bodies at Risk... Author:  Ta-Nehisi Coates Trayvon Martin, Eric Garner and Michael Brown were never slaves. But in the end, they had no more right to control their bodies than any random cotton picker in Georgia circa 1800.  That’s the essence of the argument Ta-Nehisi Coates makes in Between the World and Me, a remarkable extended essay written to his 14 year-old son, Samori. Coates, an award-winning African-American journalist, grew up in Baltimore, frequently encountering gang and drug related violence from an early age. While he no longer faces the same daily dangers that he did in his youth, he [...]