A turning point in life of the counterculture icon John Lennon arrived with the simple proclamation: “[The Beatles] are more popular than Jesus now”.

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This story was originally published by Popular Information, an independent news outlet to which you can subscribe here. Lawmakers in Texas are seeking to impose harsh criminal penalties on school ...

It’s a reality that brings to mind "The Catcher in the Rye’s" Holden Caulfield: a young person suffocating under society’s expectations, longing for authenticity in a world full of "phonies." ...

SISTER EUROPE, by Nell Zink There’s a moment in J.D. Salinger’s short story “Teddy” in which a boy watches his younger sister drink a glass of milk. He describes this vision as God ...