Mad about Science: Ciphers and encryption
By Brenden Bobby
Reader Columnist
Information is the most valuable currency available to humankind. Gold and silver are great, but the information of how to steal someone else’s gold and …
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That one time I was a chess champion
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
I’ve done a lot of dumb things in my life, but no matter what, I can always rest on my laurels as a fifth-grade chess …
Where did Christmas carols come from?
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
During the first thousand years of Christianity, Christmas played second fiddle to Easter, the most important feast and celebration of the year. That might sound …
That earlier era of national dread
By Tim Henney
Reader Contributor
The reason journalism giants Ben and Cameron like me to write for the Reader is because I’m old. They invite me to remember things. I …
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