Where Does Culture Come From?
Terry Eagleton at LRB: “You can’t have culture in the sense of galleries and museums and publishing houses unless society has evolved to the point where it can produce an
Are Soul Mates Real, According to Science?
Amir Levine in The Washington Post: For humans, biologically speaking, soul mates are entirely real. But just like all relationships, soul mates can be complicated. Of course, there isn’t a scientifically
Sunday Poem: Some Never Awaken
You live like this, sheltered, in adelicate world, and you believeyou are living. Then you read a book…or you take a trip…and you discover that youare not living, that youare
Tears, Cry, Don’t Cry –are Trumpets of Silence
Quotes on Tears, Crying We need never be ashamed of our tears. –Charles Dickens, Great Expectations Tears are prayers too, they travel to God when you can’t find the words.
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Insects and Other Animals Have Consciousness
There’s “a realistic possibility” that insects, octopuses, crustaceans, fish and other overlooked animals experience consciousness, experts declare. Dan Falk in Quanta Magazine: In 2022, researchers at the Bee Sensory and Behavioral
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Three Questions About Politics and the Campus Protests
By Jess Bidgood at The NY Times: The pro-Palestinian student encampments protesting the war in Gaza swept across the country this week, and with them, dramatic imagery of arrests and
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Saturday Poem: Picasso Painting Guernica
She clawed through the rubble of her worldhead covered a scrupulous maid searching for gemsa necklace mislaid by her mistress on the marble floorof a ballroom set against the battered
Modi’s India is No Economic Miracle
Talk of Indian Prime Minister Modi’s successful economic stewardship is key to his appeal and legitimacy. Yet the record is far from clear cut Debasish Roy Chowdhury at Time: The
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 owned by a Black American. That sobering fact, cemented by 150 years of assessment data,
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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 University? We listen to a Catholic priest! I’m kidding, obviously. But also not really kidding?
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The Will to Fight for a Cause
Throughout history, the most effective one’s have powered to victory on commitment to core values and collective resolve Scott Atran in Aeon: Leonidas, King of Sparta, arrived at Thermopylae with
Random Thoughts: About a Cool Check, POI, Etc.
Irshad Salim: 20+ years ago in the early 2000s, my neighbor Narku from Ghana who was very articulate and well read, and belonged to a Political family, shared thoughts and
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