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Thoreau wants our lives to be simplified. He claims that we gain less from life when we over-complicate things.

Thoreau was all about simplicity; anything that took away from his vision was the enemy. Mechanical aids were one of them. Guess he had to train a...

Obama encourages everyone to participate in their own governance. He cites the Founding Father's interests as the big driver here. And that we shou...

Noble citizens were victims of TulipMania as well as the uneducated poor. Greed is not a class-divided emotional response. Anyone and everyone coul...

What is the purpose of a paragraph? What is the purpose of life? Jk, but this SAT Reading video will at least help you analyze the purpose of the f...

According to Mark Twain, working on a steam boat was the gig or all gigs and this SAT Reading video will tell you why.

What's not to like about greased up, oily hair? Mark Twain goes over it in his memoires in this SAT Reading video.

Who is the mystery solitary invetor that was overshadowed in this SAT Reading passage? Sounds ominous enough.

How does anthropogenic noise impact predator-prey interactions? Watch the SAT Reading video to find out.

Next up in the saga-of-Ik. Here's a different style of question that goes from A to B and you need to figure out the pattern of A to B. Not easy.

Watch this SAT Reading video on Eisenhower's final address for some info on his opinion of the military.