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So, here's a quick rundown of the waves of feminism as generally accepted. As with any history of an Idea, this is just one version of the story, but I think it is a useful structure through which to think about where we are and, from whence we've come.

Even though she may have taken some flack from Jon Stewart, Elizabeth Alexander‘s presence at the Obama inauguration seems to officially signal the return of eloquence and rhetoric to the […]

Howard Sosin was the kind of Wall Street dealmaker who flourished in the footloose days of the mid-80s. As the founder of AIG Financial Products, he invented many of the […]

John Todd, and Nancy Todd of Massachusetts have a lot to teach Designers about integrated design, and waste water treatment systems.

According to NASA, there is a green comet named Lulin approaching Earth. One astronomer calls it “a green beauty that could become visible to the naked eye any day now.” […]

The Times editorial page has been conspicuously down a token right-winger recently as former Atlantic blogger Ross Douthat stands on deck, preparing to step to the plate where Bill Kristol […]

"The Cult of Celebrity is supported by an aggressive brainwash machine promoting the wrong heroes in the face of our stressed infrastructure. For example, in a film about a brilliant mathematician, we are trained to believe that the actor is the proper icon. Or in the case of a beautiful song about human rights, we are conditioned to venerate the performer. The net result: shortages of great mathematicians, shortages of social activists, but no lack of entertainment celebrities posing as gods."

Jon Stewart’s recent rant against—and subsequent interview with—Mad Money’s Jim Cramer was the latest incident of a comedian to initiate a thoughtful debate on a headline-grabbing issue. In this age […]

On Feb. 27, 09, Prof. Krugman in his NYT column stated that “ this budget looks very, very good”, that worries me!rnrn

Matthew Modine recounts the most beautiful place he’s ever worked.

Obama's early life was decidedly chaotic and replete with traumatic and mentally bruising dislocations. Mixed-race marriages were even less common then. His parents went through a divorce when he was an infant (two years old). Pathological narcissism is a reaction to prolonged abuse and trauma in early childhood or early adolescence. The source of the abuse or trauma is immaterial: the perpetrators could be dysfunctional or absent parents, teachers, other adults, or peers.

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.

Heidi Hammel’s team of scientists put the Hubble Space Telescope “back on the map” when they captured the dramatic collision of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 with Jupiter. Hubble performed “beautifully, flawlessly, […]

Haeg is interested in beauty as a by-product of critical thought.

The closer you get to beauty, the harder it is to describe.

Copeland on the difference between scenic beauty and portraiture.

From propeller blades to Dove models, the definition has changed greatly.

Though today’s designers have to straddle the line, the better ones have a social consciousness, Zemaitis says.

In her filmmaking, Dovey was drawn to the beauty of farming because of the process.

I look for the resurrection of the dead. A Jew hears about the three wishes and sayst to thegolden fish, “I want a Rolls-Royce, a house in Florida, fivemillion euros […]

Zemaitis sees the beauty in 100-year-old wire insulators.

A place for bands to create songs based on the book “Beautiful Children.” www.myspace.com/girlwiththeshavedhead