Category: Arts
The Master of the Nuclear War Machine
You take some Jew and treat him lousy his whole life. You treat him like…
The Mysterious Disappearance of a Revolutionary Mathematician
While living in an internment camp in Vichy France, Alexander Grothendieck was tutored in mathematics…
A Self-Taught Artist’s Mastery and Pain
Matthew Wong was a brilliant Canadian painter who died by suicide at the age of…
What’s The Language of Thought, That A Person May Grasp It?
by David J. Lobina: What I really mean, of course, is what The Language of…
Simon & Garfunkel’s The Sound of Silence (Video)
Shared by Khalid Sharif, London: I often wondered why the lyrics say “Hello darkness my…
Harmonium Rocks (Video)
Tajdar e haram: A soulful performance by a street singer with harmonium (also called Reed…
How to cultivate creativity as an adult, according to an expert
Mary Elizabeth Williams in Salon: Creativity is an essential element of the human condition. Yet unlike…
Best Political Cartoons Weekending May 1, 2022
Selected By DesPardes (Home & Abroad) Editors and Contributors Including From Among WhatsApp Shares Daily:
The Internet Is Not What You Think It Is
Trevor Quirk at Bookforum on Justin E. H. Smith’s Philosophical History Of The Internet: The…
Journey From India To The Two Cambridges And Berkeley And Beyond
by Pranab Bardhan: Gérard Roland came to Berkeley only around the turn of this century….
Tell Me About the Blues
By Bill Benzon: What is the blues? It is a mood, a feeling, a sensibility….
Political Cartoons Weekending April 24, 2022
Best political cartoons pick weekending April 24, 2022: More here.