Coffee Shops and Espionage
Café de Flore, 172 boulevard Saint-Germain (Paris, 6e). Photo: Celette. CC BY-SA 4.0. The habits and language of clandestinity can intoxicate even its own practitioners.” — William Colby Coffee shops…
Travelling to Guatemala City, Guatemala and beyond is dangerous
Guatemala, a Central American nation situated just south of Mexico, is currently designated with a Level 3 travel advisory by the U.S. State Department. This advisory reflects the various challenges…
Parisian Coffee Houses and the Intellectuals who gathered and produced works of thought and art
Parisian cafés, renowned for their social egalitarianism, emerged as pivotal centers for Republican agitation and organization during the tumultuous period of the French Revolution. A disgruntled royalist of that era…
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Soldiers of the Lord: Preaching the Militant Gospel
Soldiers of the Lord: Preaching the Militant Gospel by Donavon L Riley In the annals of history, there are tales of warriors who marched not under the banners of earthly…
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Rules for Radicals & the War on American Christianity
Rules for Radicals & the War on American Christianity by Donavon L Riley In the recent history of American culture, one book has had a most profound and often divisive…
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The Stargate Project: Secret US Intelligence Program to Explore Psychic Capabilities
Self-proclaimed psychic Uri Geller doing a spoon-bending trick in a mall in Switzerland, 2005. According to declassified documents, the CIA recruited Geller in order to test for “clairvoyant” or “telepathic”…
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Confronting the Darkness: Combating Human Trafficking with Faith in Jesus
Confronting the Darkness: Combating Human Trafficking with Faith in Jesus by Donavon L Riley In a world filled with injustices and evils, few things are as heinous and spiritually abhorrent…
How Coffee Can Boost Your Well-Being
Silencio Coffee Calm Chaos Medium Roast So, I think the good news is that most people, coffee actually confers some health benefits” — Dr. Frank Hu, professor of nutrition and…
Korea, Coffee and the Korean War
In “King Gojong’s Starbucks Adventure,” Junman Kang sheds light on an intriguing historical episode: the introduction of coffee to Korea. It was King Gojong who had the privilege of being…
Why Do Terrorists Like Toyotas?
Militant groups have long employed Toyota pickup trucks as versatile war vehicles, particularly in the Middle East. These trucks, known for their lightweight build, agility, fuel efficiency, and suitability for…