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Three scientists from the National Technical University in Athens, Greece published a paper that details this slightly altered take on Einstein’s magnum opus. … Continue readingScientists Say They Can Uncover New Levels of Physical Reality
What is a novel, or any work of art, but the product of its time, of commerce? What is it but another colorful consumer unit… … Continue readingThe War on Genius: Literature and Its Systems
Large-scale evaluation permeates the UK university system, but some countries are rejecting harsh judgements and emphasizing strategic development. … Continue readingThe Human Costs of the Research-Assessment Culture
A breeze slowed sparrow’s flightday was saying goodbye. sparrow took refuge…night knelt behind the yews. Pleasant moments camewhen night said goodbye. Another morning’s breeze threwthe sparrow to another flight. by
Historian Chen Jian has published a monumental biography of Zhou Enlai that makes him the pre-eminent scholar of the contemporary Chinese diaspora. … Continue readingZhou Enlai: Made By the Revolution
Please be kindHave patience with othersThey may not be like you Please listenTake time to understand others Please be carefulIt’s a dangerous timeYour actions may affect others Please don’t harbor
Habib Khan, Quetta: Some say that a translation is like the underside of a carpet, but I have been fortunate in my translators. Taking the word for word translations of
by Maddie Malone (age 14): through steam rising in the kitchen. Thank you. I mutter, swimming into a cloud of dew. … Continue readingSunday Poem: Six Steps to Becoming a Fossil
by Mark Seal at Air Mail: It is a case that shocked the seemingly unshockable state of Florida, a state about which novelist Carl Hiaasen once said, “Every time I
Shared by Aftab Rizvi: ۱۶ دسمبر ۲۰۱۴ کو پشاور ارمی پبلک اسکول پر ایک دھشتگردی کی کاروای میں ۱۳۲ بچے اور ۹ اساتذہ شہید ہو گہے تھے۔ یہ تحریر کچھ
Continue readingArmy Public School Shaheed’s Letter From Heaven
Sam Stein at The Bulwark: OF ALL THE REFLECTIONS offered by lawmakers on the school shooting that left four people dead at Apalachee High School this week, one from Sen.
Continue readingSchool Shootings: This is an Epidemic, Not a Series of Unique Tragedies
“Here; just stick the end of this hose in yer muzzle—guzzlethe cold ones we’ll pour down the funnel … GUZZLE! GUZZLE!” Our clunkers squat in St. Greg’s parking lot; there
Continue readingSaturday Poem: The End of Childhood is Not Maturity