Buddies Help Monkeys to Survive Tough Times When it comes to friendship it may be quantity, not quality, that matters -- at least for Barbary macaques in a crisis. Scientists have long known that sociable humans live longer than their solitary peers , but is the same true for animals? [More]
June 26, 2013 - Scientific American
Alberto Gonzales in Hartford Courant When the Barbary pirates were raiding US vessels, Thomas Jefferson didn't seek to file criminal charges, he used the United States armed forces to fight back,Gonzales said. "When Pancho Villa's followers raided New Mexico, Woodrow Wilson...
Antonin Scalia in The Daily Deal Scalia wrote: "While there is no reason to believe that the United States has become the Barbary Coast for those perpetrating frauds on foreign securities markets, some fear that it has become the Shangri-la of class-action litigation for lawyers...
Thomas Jefferson in Town Hall America would not be bullied, Jefferson told Congress: "The style of the demand admitted but one answer. I sent a small squadron of frigates into the Mediterranean The Barbary states quickly capitulated. But there were larger battles yet to come."