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...Human Services Kathleen Sebelius in which he challenged her to sign up for Obamacare online before he downloaded every movie ever made. He followed with his trademark technique for exposing hypocrisy, playing a montage of previous clips, this time from Fox News itself in which commentators noted Stewart’s criticism of President Obama on domestic and international...

...human race. In the Greek myths, on the other hand, the heroes want to use their power for their own benefit, and they don’t much care if those around them become collateral damage. In Homer’s Iliad, for example, the greatest Greek hero, Achilles, withdraws from the fighting over a dispute about a girl, and allows his companions to be butchered by the Trojans in his...

...human experience, as routine as eating, breathing and sleeping. And it seems to be a cross-cultural and trans-historical fact that passing gas, at least in most social contexts, is rude and offensive. There’s also the fundamental truth pertaining to the topic: farts are funny. But why is this the case? They’re often a source of discomfort and embarrassment, so why do...