Yes, It’s grey and cheerless out there! As we move into the late fall and early winter, It’s not uncommon to suddenly get the ?blues? as our mood dips right along with the temperatures. Experiencing this sad outlook is thought to be related to the reduced sunlight synonymous with the colder weather, and it can… Read more »
Athabasca University’s newest course, CLST 201: Cultural Studies and Everyday Life, is about culture and how it affects us (and vice versa, because we can shift culture and it can shift us). Course designer and professor Dr. Patricia Hughes-Fuller says of CLST 201: ?[My] intention . . . was to introduce students to the field… Read more »
Film: Gerhard Richter Painting (Kino Lorber 2011) Writer/Director: Corinna Belz ?Many of the contradictions in Postmodern art come from the fact that we’re trying to be artists in a democratic society. This is because in a democracy, the ideal is compromise. In art, it isn’t.? Brad Holland Who Cares if They Like it?Is It Right?… Read more »
As October 31 approaches, there’s an abundance of Halloween images?including, of course, creepy skeletons. But when I see these skeletons, skulls, and other bony appendages, I think of our own bones, something we often take for granted. How healthy is your skeleton? That’s a question that should be asked not just at Halloween, but throughout… Read more »
Album: Khaled, C?est la vie ?Make prayers, Mother?your poor son is suffering. Pray hard. I know one day the moon will sleep, so pray until the day comes. God doesn’t break His promises! At the door of Paradise I will dance with my mother, at the door of Paradise I will dance with my mother,… Read more »
Organic foods are a hot topic these days, especially with the recent Stanford study suggesting that there’s no nutritional superiority. Is the organic food market all a hoax? Or is organic still the way to go? This article offers some food for thought. What Is Organic? What is organic food? Generally, organic produce is grown… Read more »
?The whole commerce between master and slave is a perpetual exercise of the most boisterous passions, the most unremitting despotism on the one part, and degrading submissions on the other. Our children see this, and learn to imitate it.? Thomas Jefferson ?A thief not caught becomes a king.? Kurdish proverb Moustafa Mala Bozan is a… Read more »