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Where Does Culture Come From?
Terry Eagleton at LRB: “You can’t have culture in the sense of galleries and museums…
Tears, Cry, Don’t Cry –are Trumpets of Silence
Quotes on Tears, Crying We need never be ashamed of our tears. –Charles Dickens, Great…
Insects and Other Animals Have Consciousness
There’s “a realistic possibility” that insects, octopuses, crustaceans, fish and other overlooked animals experience consciousness,…
Three Questions About Politics and the Campus Protests
By Jess Bidgood at The NY Times: The pro-Palestinian student encampments protesting the war in…
Saturday Poem: Picasso Painting Guernica
She clawed through the rubble of her worldhead covered a scrupulous maid searching for gemsa…
As the World Turns: Friday April 26, 2024
News, Views of Interest That You Might Have Missed… ‘UFO’ over NYC baffles passenger flying…
Modi’s India is No Economic Miracle
Talk of Indian Prime Minister Modi’s successful economic stewardship is key to his appeal and…
The Damage the ‘Black Tax’ Inflicted on Generations of African Americans
By Adeel Hassan at The New York Times: Property is generally worth less if it’s…
A Palestinian, a Jew, and a Priest Walk Onto a Campus
Jonathan V. Last at The Bulwark: You know how we fix the chaos at Columbia…
The Will to Fight for a Cause
Throughout history, the most effective one’s have powered to victory on commitment to core values…
Random Thoughts: About a Cool Check, POI, Etc.
Irshad Salim: 20+ years ago in the early 2000s, my neighbor Narku from Ghana who…
The Genetic Origin of the Indo-Europeans
Razib Khan at Unsupervised Learning: On this episode, Razib talks about the April 2024 preprint…