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More than thirty-one years ago, songwriters Dean Dillon and Royce Porter wrote a tune titled “It Ain’t Cool to Be Crazy About You” about a man who, despite the pleas of his friends, fell for the girl of his dreams and gave all in her pursuit, but whose efforts were ultimately for naught. The poignant, […]
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Few stories have resonated through human protohistory quite like the Fall of Troy. Epic poems have been written about it. Historians believe that some of the story is based in fact. To this day, most people are at least familiar with the Greeks’ winning stratagem. Even now, some people know the names of the major players. However, very few might be able to tell you the moral of the story. In the ancient world, myth often filled the role of fable. One would think that a story as tragic, as bloody, and as enduring as Troy would have a moral.
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Do you remember your first popsicle? Its taste? Its color? Where you got it? How it made you feel?
