Culture and Society

About a week before our third anniversary (August 12), Blogcritics.org — our little “sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, technology, and politics” — has hit the 10 million unique visitors mark. This is a nice big fat round number that speaks volumes toward the talents …

Two-thousand years ago grieving Egyptian parents put their young child to rest in the customary manner: they removed all of the youth’s organs except for the heart, packed the remains in salt to cure them, and wrapped them in linen coated with perfumed resin. They were certain that their careful …

If you read, or post, a great blog item about anything from Neanderthals to Boris Yeltsin, tell me about it ...

In the English plays she soon becomes 'a comic butt for Adam's misogynistic humour' ...

Wal-Mart employees have reportedly leaked the price for the new Xbox 360 due to come out November 4. Story here. Please remember that this may or may not be true since Microsoft has not yet officially announced the price for the Xbox 360. But if anyone else would know the …

Spiritual matters should be concerned with the nurturing of the soul and the heart, not the bank book.

Dear Prince, NPGMusicClub Ever since I was introduced to your music, I’ve been a keen fan of your work. It was back in the day when I worked at what used to be one of the great Independent record companies, Rough Trade. I was talking about music with one Bob …

It’s almost impossible to walk into a bookstore or look at a bestseller list these days without seeing some new “miracle cure” health book. Conquering Diabetes by Dr. Ann Peters isn’t in that category. Rather than promise miracle solutions, it offers a practical, patient-oriented approach toward dealing with diabetes. There’s …

...when peace is finally worked out for the people of Ireland ... it will have been in spite of the I.R.A. not because of it.

There are countless peer directories that exist in order for people to meet new people and connect with their own friends. Friendster was the first real popular one. TheFaceBook supplanted it for a while as it publicized itself to the college crowd. Now MySpace has supplanted them all to create …