... makes little sense until one grasps that it's designed to improve Corporate America's bottom line rather than Americans' health. There's an episode of the animated show "South Park" in which the young protagonists stumble upon a netherworld inhabited by gnome-like creatures whose sole purpose in life is stealing people's dirty underwear. Curious, the boys investigate and uncover the underwear thieves' master plan, which goes like ...

... the United States, the testimony of the seven sons of the late Rosa Peña paint a portrait of an inspiring woman. Depicted through the lens of Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Renee Tajima-Peña, Armando's wife, the life of protagonist Rosa Peña is not idealized. The hard truth is told about what Rosa Peña had to do to survive, making the pride she instills in her seven sons all the more admirable. The deepest mysteries of the film ...

... by writer Ted Chiang, in which humanity tries to break through the vault separating earth from heaven. They build a tower miles high. After they break through several hundred feet of stone, one of the protagonists manages to scuttle upwards through the collapsing tunnels, avoid the water pouring downward and crawls up to heaven. After recuperating from his injuries, our hero discovers he is back on earth and has simply ...

...> Ted Chiang, in which humanity tries to break through the vault separating earth from heaven. They build a tower miles high. After they break through several hundred feet of stone, one of the protagonists manages to scuttle upwards through the collapsing tunnels, avoid the water pouring downward and crawls up to heaven. After recuperating from his injuries, our hero discovers he is back on ...

...> Ted Chiang, in which humanity tries to break through the vault separating earth from heaven. They build a tower miles high. After they break through several hundred feet of stone, one of the protagonists manages to scuttle upwards through the collapsing tunnels, avoid the water pouring downward and crawls up to heaven. After recuperating from his injuries, our hero discovers he is back on earth and ...

... writer Ted Chiang, in which humanity tries to break through the vault separating earth from heaven. They build a tower miles high. After they break through several hundred feet of stone, one of the protagonists manages to scuttle upwards through the collapsing tunnels, avoid the water pouring downward and crawls up to heaven. After recuperating from his injuries, our hero discovers he is back on earth and has ...

... by writer Ted Chiang, in which humanity tries to break through the vault separating earth from heaven. They build a tower miles high. After they break through several hundred feet of stone, one of the protagonists manages to scuttle upwards through the collapsing tunnels, avoid the water pouring downward and crawls up to heaven. After recuperating from his injuries, our hero discovers he is back on earth and has simply ...

...> Ted Chiang, in which humanity tries to break through the vault separating earth from heaven. They build a tower miles high. After they break through several hundred feet of stone, one of the protagonists manages to scuttle upwards through the collapsing tunnels, avoid the water pouring downward and crawls up to heaven. After recuperating from his injuries, our hero discovers he is back on earth and ...

... writer Ted Chiang, in which humanity tries to break through the vault separating earth from heaven. They build a tower miles high. After they break through several hundred feet of stone, one of the protagonists manages to scuttle upwards through the collapsing tunnels, avoid the water pouring downward and crawls up to heaven. After recuperating from his injuries, our hero discovers he is back on earth and has ...

... by writer Ted Chiang, in which humanity tries to break through the vault separating earth from heaven. They build a tower miles high. After they break through several hundred feet of stone, one of the protagonists manages to scuttle upwards through the collapsing tunnels, avoid the water pouring downward and crawls up to heaven. After recuperating from his injuries, our hero discovers he is back on earth and has simply ...