A Modern Slave and a Modern Abolitionist Talk About Captive Identity

The African nation of Mauritania was the last nation in the world to outlaw slavery—in 1981—and it wasn't until 2007 that a law was passed ...

Desire … and "Diamond Shreddies"

Processed food giant Kraft Foods came to marketers Ogilvy & Mather with an interesting request—to reintroduce their "Shreddies" cereal ...

How Fancy Wine Labels Trick People

In his new book 99 Bottles of Wine, David Schuemann of CF Napa Brand Design, spills the industry's secrets about how wine labels trick us into grabbing ...

Supreme Court Justice Scalia Talks about the Devil

In an interview with New York magazine, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia explained his beliefs about the reality of the Devil. After mentioning his ...

The Stockholm Syndrome

On Aug. 23, 1973, a 32-year-old man named Jan Erik Olsson Olsson stormed into a bank in Norway, pulled out a sub-machine gun, and started firing into ...

CIA Agent on How to Recruit 'Traitors'

Jason Matthews, a 30-plus year CIA veteran, shared how he and fellow "case workers" convinced people to betray their country and share secrets ...

NPR Show Explores 'The Voice' In Our Heads

NPR's popular radio show This American Life featured an episode titled "The Devil Inside Me." The show asked various people if they ever ...

Lady Gaga Admits Hiding Lies in the Midst of Truth

In an interview with New York Magazine, Lady Gaga said,

What I've discovered is that in art, as in music, there's a lot of truth—and then ...

Lions Attack a Buffalo Separated from the Herd

Erwin Lutzer wrote in "A Contested Universe”:

Recently I watched a program on the Animal Channel that showed a herd of buffalo and six lions. ...

Woman's Pet Boa Constrictor Causes Her Death

A few years ago there was a fascinating but rather unpleasant story. It had all the qualities of a good mystery. A frantic 911 call brought police to ...