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What do you get when the guy who wrote “The Raven” makes a serious effort to write in verse? Poe-try… Now, when you’ve detached your eyes f...

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, abridged. Ready? Go.

Emily Dickinson: Along with Van Gogh, proof that you’re never really famous until you’re dead.

What is the difference between federal and state taxes? Federal taxes: the whole country. Taxes for national defense, interstate roadways, national...

What is the difference between stocks and bonds? Stocks are ownership. They control the election of the board of directors, who hires the CEO, who...

What rights does a public stockholder have? Common shareholders elect the board of directors. They vote. They have the right to quarterly financial...

Newton's first law is the one about objects at rest tending to stay at rest and objects in motion tend to stay in motion.

What is Newton's Second Law, and how long do you go to prison if you break it? Long enough to study friction, buoyancy, closed systems, and more.

Scalars v. vectors. Speed v. velocity. Distance v. displacement. Kramer v. Kramer. We'll cover all the big smackdowns.

How is a company... born? Can it be performed via C-section? Is there a midwife present? Do its parents get in a fight over what to name it? In thi...

Company Formation, Structure, and Inception: Unit Intro. Sorry, Leo DiCaprio fans—we're not going to be breaking down the plot of Inception. We'r...

Okay, so you want to be a company financial manager. It's basically up to you to make money for the shareholders. It would also be swell if you mad...