Author: DPstaff

Rooftop Mural: A Canvas For Local Artists

From Investa shared by Zaeem Siddiqui, AUS: Melbourne artists Mayonaize and Kitt Bennett with a…

The Precious Family Keepsakes That Hold Meaning For Generations

From Aeon: A family Bible, a cane knife and a piece of sheet metal recovered…

Krishnamurti: One Has to be an Outsider to Society

“There is no leader, there is no teacher, there is nobody to tell you what to do. You are alone in this mad brutal world.”

The Professor and the Politician

For Max Weber, only the most heroic figures could generate meaning in the world. Does his theory hold up today?

Why Social Scientists Must Embrace Chaos Theory

Social scientists cling to simple models of reality – with disastrous results. Instead they must embrace chaos theory.

Why Capitalism Won’t Save the Planet

The problem is that investment is driven by profit, not price, and operating solar and wind farms remains a marginal business…

Knights Templar: The Powerful Military Order During the Crusades

Their skill as warriors, their financial acumen, and the legends of their hidden riches continue to captivate imaginations worldwide.

Four Connections Between Emily Dickinson and Franz Kafka

The fourth connection might be responsible for half of the world’s creativity…

Is There Really a Plot to Use Migrants to Turn America Blue?

A top GOP talking point of this election is that Democrats are rigging the vote through illegal immigration. Is there any truth to it?

26th Amendment: Drafted Elsewhere, Deliberated by a Select Few, Passed in Supreme Haste

Umair Javed in Dawn: (T)his amendment carries the element of being person-specific, at least in the current moment.

Tracy Calder on Why We Need to Keep Dreaming

‘The Germans have a phrase for the sense of panic many of us feel when a goal is within our reach: Torschlusspanik’.

Poem: My Motherland is That Place

Javed Rahman: I will go back to that land again. The place where I was born. Away from this foreign strand. To the land whose loyalty I have sworn.