When someone compliments you, say thank you - to both the compliment and to your gift that inspired the compliment
Read More »Spirituality
What’s In A Name?
It's not a crime to want to change your name.
Read More »New Age: Cultural Colonialism
What right does someone have to set themselves up as a teacher and purveyor of someone else’s culture?
Read More »The Language Of War
There are very few examples of language used in today's vocabulary that would serve as a reminder of tranquility.
Read More »Book Review: Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife by Mary Roach
A rambling and wry exploration of investigations into what happens when we die.
Read More »Self-Esteem
If other people were right in the first instance, they must still be right when they are complimenting you.
Read More »New York Notes: Irish and Gay, City’s #2 Official Sits Out St. Patrick’s Day Parade
An openly gay, Irish-American boycotts the Saint Patrick's Day Parade after civic leader compares gays to Nazis.
Read More »Al-Jazeera: Press or Propaganda?
You and I want to know what our political bosses have to say. Why shouldn't the people of Jordan have the same right?
Read More »Book Review: The Bridge Of Rama by Ashok K. Banker
The Indian author confirms himself to be one the best storytellers of our time in this adaptation of the Ramayana.
Read More »Eggheads And Artsies: Scary Monsters And Super Creeps
At school the only thing that could guarantee isolation even quicker than intelligence was having any interest, or inclination towards, the arts.
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