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Mar.07.2013 Culture and Content The Atlantic, March 2013 Maybe I’m guilt plagued for berating a magazine I’ve read for so many years, but I smile now, happy that The Atlantic has its journalistic mojo back. The magazine clearly has an excellent stable of writers, from Ta-Nehisi Coates to James Fallows, and magazine is...	Jan.04.2013 What Does Neolithic Mean? Neolithic pertains to the late Stone Age, the era when humans began domesticating animals and using polished stone tools and weapons before bronze and iron. Cultural advances during the Neolithic period were the making of pottery, weaving linen and agricultural achievements such as cultivating...
Oct.26.2012 Barzun's Dawn and Decadence I came across Jacques Barzun (see link below) in the late nineties as his book, From Dawn to Decadence - 1500 to the Present - 500 Years of Western Cultural Life, began to gain traction. I was still bogged down in an engineering career then, had divorced my first wife and 2.4 kids, and was in...	Oct.06.2011 Going Dutch by Arnold Jansen op de Haar I read this week that the Dutch are most worried about ‘the way in which we live together’. It also transpired that 55% of the Dutch think that people who smoke or drink should pay a higher health care premium. This makes me think about emigrating. What happens next provides rich pickings for an...
Mar.28.2011 Do Women Take Freedom for Granted? When I read or see something in the news about women who aren't 'free' for whatever reason, I cringe. There are, of course, different definitions of free, so to be clear, I'm not talking about incarcerated. There are so many women today who are not free in the sense that they cannot walk around...	Jan.16.2011 Faith & Reason Faith & ReasonThese items, so coupled, are indeed a “dubious duo”, and yet, individuals of all walks of faith, and a varietal belief, agree that there is a harmonious balance between the two. If this is true, then how? In what way, or what are the specifics of this arrangement?Does faith fill...
Feb.17.2008 Indigenous Peoples Issues Today Highlighting contemporary indigenous peoples' issues from around the world, including the indigenous peoples of the Americas, Brazil, Central America, Africa, Asia, Australia, New Zeland, Siberia, Alaska, Polynesia, India, Chile, and much more. Topics include cultures and religions, intellectual...