Author: DPstaff

Sunday Poem: Some Never Awaken

You live like this, sheltered, in adelicate world, and you believeyou are living. Then you…

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…

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…

Friday Poem: The Return

When I returned to earth after forty thousand yearsthere were no more graves, no more…