Whenever I hear the name of Turner Prize-winning artist, Chris Ofili, I unfortunately think of the old Monty Python joke: “What’s brown and sounds like a bell? Dung!” For Americans […]
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It wasn’t greeted with the kind of fanfare it may have deserved, but five years ago when the $10-million Ansari X PRIZE was awarded, it helped usher in a new […]
Conjoined twin girls joined at the head have been successfully separated after 29 hours of surgery.
Decoding the New Taliban, a book I blogged about once already, will probably find its way into more posts here because of its timeliness, depth, and variety of voices. The […]
When the women artists of today look back in history for examples to follow, they usually limit themselves to the artists of the twentieth century. Sure, an Artemisia Gentileschi here […]
When you hear the name Leonardo da Vinci you automatically think “Genius” with a capital “G.” Such Genius that he seemingly came from nowhere to walk among us. Science fiction […]
They may be known for the quality (and cost) of their education, but over the past three decades graduates from America’s Ivy League school’s have formed the foundation of contemporary […]
May Yahweh rest the Soul and Bless the Spirit of Senator Edward Ted Kennedy. Well done, thou good and faithful servant. He will always be remembered for his dedication to justice and the poor. Thank you, for being a part of this lifetime.
American Pro Moving Company GMC Yukon XL Denali – Design/Fit and Finish The cabin certainly looks luxurious, with its wood-tone and metallic accents and padded door inserts. As with the […]
Gary Vaynerchuk of Wine Library TV may be overtaking Robert Parker as the country’s most recognizable – and polarizing – wine expert. This weekend, watch him on BigThink.com giving a […]
Using the Definition of the Domain of Morality as a sort of logical compass, Conservatism is argued to be “going against nature.”
In my twenties, I was confused with my “wings.” I was left wing on some things, right wing on others. How left was I? I wanted to reform capitalism democratically […]
In an age where people would rather speculate as to which classic novels would make the best video game rather than, you know, actually read the books, teachers and parents […]
For the world and the Chinese they’re certainly welcoming the good news about Induced Pluripotent Stem (iPS) cell research but not for the US.
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This text is a brief introduction to the idea of Jus Post Bellum, from the point of view of the Just War theory
One Silicon Valley’s most innovative entrepreneurs on his new Tesla electric car, whether we should bail out the Big Three, and the world’s most powerful laser. If you were CEO […]
A pilot project presented before the Colombian embassy in London in 2007. The idea is to enhance the current infrastructure of the capital of Colombia for the teaching of Spanish language to foreign students. The objective is to sell Bogotá as the world’s capital of the teaching of Spanish language.
Human hearing picks up only a limited range of frequencies, and that range diminishes as we age and our ears deteriorate—just think of the high-frequency cellphone rings that high school […]
rnrnFirst it is an academic article only, at which I tried to use the Physic’s Chaotic theory, modern conditioning theory of human behavior and David X. Li’s mathematic model to predict the chance of Coup d’e tat in Pakistan.rnrn*Warning: It is only an academic guess, which was the first time to use the above- said three models to predict Coup d’e tat ! rnrn
This is a call to start a class action lawsuit for the members of the public defrauded by our education system.
I hope I will be wrong and Adam Smith was right this time-there is moral businessman or businesswoman, never a George Soros or a hybrid “Solos” from China, Britain, or Russia to short sell our Banks! rnrnGod bless America!rnrn
10 Billion Beats is a non-commercial Global Intention Event that will use drumming to send a wave of positive intention around the world. Starting in Central Kansas, it will follow the sun through the time zones at 7:00 PM on Sept. 18, 2009. (Sept. 19 as it crosses the dateline)
Big Think presents a new series from leading global economists: When Will the Recession End? A death knell for investing, the end of easy credit, the emergence of a regulatory […]
The contemporary artist talks about where he was when Martin Luther King, Jr. died and meeting Malcolm X.
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You’ve heard of Open Source, right? Why not Open State?
It’s a simple idea.
Government is a bunch of ad-hoc, chaotic processes that are hard to follow – and politicians like it that way.
Nothing does processes better than software. Let’s build the software that will render governments transparent and force them to be efficient and accountable. If we the people don’t do it, nobody will.
The Darkest Age of Journalism Take 2: Cramer vs Jon Stewart
The bravest and noble Lady Katharine Graham, the late Publisher of Washington Post was long gone!
The spirit of young, hungry and innocent Bob Woodward was gone too!
Grass –Mud-Horse! China to America! No Dollar!rn The main purpose of this high-pitched action is to tell America: I got my problem, you got yours, do not mess up with me to threaten my single- Party-ruled survival! rn In this Chinese – say- no to dollar incident which is mainly a political move. Prevent incident! It almost surely is their main theme.
Europe has wisdom, sense, spirits and a good virtue. Yet, it appears that she disorderly managed valuable values.
It is the time now to reinvent these and to work together on widening and deepening, due to believes in our prosperity and welfare.