Edgar Allen Poe gives us insight into vaccine truthers. Rather than dispelling shadows, scientific insights are pushing some Americans into repression.
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On Poe & the Paranoia of Anti-Vaxxers
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Going to Bed before It’s Dark
Stevenson’s “Bed in Summer” captures a child’s sense of injustice as going to bed while it’s still light.
Mr. Hyde Is Taking over America
Dr. Jekyll is so buttoned down that his Hyde side emerges, but he looks pretty good to an America that is losing restraint.
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Paterno’s Rapist Associate and Mr. Hyde
“Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” warns us that we are in danger of becoming monsters ourselves if we don’t hold on to our humanity when responding to monsters like alleged child molester Jerry Sandusky, close associate of Coach Joe Paterno.
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