Culture: Personal History
Currently listing articles 682-651:
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On Terrorism and Increasing Jewish-Arab Violence in Israel— Does an attack on Arabs by Jews portend good or evil?
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When Humans Allow the Unfit to Survive— What happens when you take animals off the survival of the fittest track?
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Teen on Teen Driving— Car crashes are the number 1 killer in teens.
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Perfection: How I Got to Go to the World Premiere of The Dark Knight— From obsession to ovation, the wholly lucky journey to the premiere of The Dark Knight is a story of perfection.
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Cultural Differences: A Tale of Two Cousins— Connections can be found even in the most distant of relatives.
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Wheel vs. Wing— Thanks to Paul Theroux, air travel is passé.
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Rites of Passage: The High School Graduation Party— With every rite of passage comes the flush of success.
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Signs of Decay— A racial incident makes me wonder if my quest to find freedom in America is a dream nearing its end.
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The Friday Morning Listen: Tim Collins - Fade— Overcoming the fear that I would hear nothing again.
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The Rockologist Puts Together A 4th Of July 2008 Mixtape— In porn terms, Hendrix's "Star Spangled Banner" is what you would call the "money shot" of a July 4th mixtape.
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Retro Redux: The Grinch Makes A Rare Summer Appearance— It turns out that the Hulk isn't the only green guy lurking around.
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Israel: Vehicular Terror Attack Update, Backstory and Analysis— Don't cancel your tours, it was just a couple of religious Jews who got killed - you're all safe here.
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The Shanghai Diaries: Beijing and the Great Wall— After nearly a year in China, we finally made it to Beijing and the Great Wall.
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Remembering George Carlin— Even 200 years from now, some comic somewhere will believe in only one god: George Carlin.
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Getting Joy to Outweigh Regret— The road from remorse to consolation is as simple, and as difficult, as putting all your cards on the table.
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Cocooned— In today's world, taking yourself away from the Internet may be a good idea.
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The Upside of Recession: Consciousness— Tough times in the USA may be a catalyst for a change for the better...
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Beware the Lowly Pay Phone, for it Preys on Thee— Haven't used a payphone in years? It's cheaper to call Europe via cell than to use one of those ubiquitous boxes to call home.
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Jumping to the Wrong Conclusion— A military wife reflects on how her husband handled his struggle with post-traumatic stress.
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The Friday Morning Listen: Boston— Soulless corporate rock? I don't think so.
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Tiger Woods: Playing Through the Pain— We could all take a page from Tiger and play through the pain.
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High School Drunken-Driving Awareness Program Causes Outcry: Too Bad?— Parents, students, and the media are upset. Lucky them.
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Gay Marriage and the Undoing of Straight Marriage — Marriage has long been a punchline in this country. Are we about to let others in on the joke?
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Two Stories to Restore Your Faith in Commerce— A couple of companies worth doing business with.
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Dads and Daughters: Learning by Osmosis— I learned that a good dad never abandons his children.
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Euro 2008: Soccer Scenes From An Italian Grocery Store— Euro 2008 unites all soccer fans.l
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Leonardo da Vincis are Needed to Address Global Issues — A chance encounter in a diner brings about the solution to our problems.
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Some Musings on Sex and the City: The Movie— It's not a great movie, and I'm not exactly sure why.
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Changing Focus from the World of Lies to the World of Truth— When you don't have money to pay the bills, and you are reminded that money is only an illusion, you refocus.
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Everything I Know I've Learned in School— A part-time college instructor reflects on 10 years in the classroom: what she’s taught and, more importantly, what she has learned.
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A '70s Girl Turns 50 — Is life more than just sex, drugs and Rock-n-Roll?
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Church Says, I Say, My Parents Say— As church progresses on, I can’t help my frustration from showing. I have heard all the same messages, over and over.
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