Father Thomas Joseph White entered the priesthood after spending countless hours as a Brown University student engrossed in the thoughts of the great philosophers – from religious thinkers such as […]
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Back to school season can only mean one thing: Swine Flu season is upon us. Don’t panic. We’re not going to waste your time rehashing all that stuff you’ve been […]
In your darker moments, you’ve considered several drastic ways to keep your neighbors off your lawn. It might be a lot of work just to keep your neighbors in line, […]
Simple questions the white house won’t answer. what are they afraid of?
The idea of tithing, giving 10% to your church of choice, is nothing new. Yet over the years it’s energy has been tainted with the energy of “have to”. This is an idea to update tithing for the digital age and the new age.
Every five years, teachers at Zeke Vanderhoek’s school in Washington Heights will be required to take a year-long sabbatical. To do what? He explains: “There’s no requirement. They don’t even […]
Last week, Attorney General Eric Holder ordered a review of whether the interrogations of detainees held abroad have violated federal laws. President Obama has repeatedly said he would prefer not […]
This text is a brief introduction to the idea of Jus Post Bellum, from the point of view of the Just War theory
For many of the musicians that Big Think has talked to over the past year, becoming a rock star was only the first step of a much more ambitious agenda. […]
Add one more thing to the growing list of leverages China could hold against the United States: metals. China controls 95 percent of the world’s supply of mined rare Earth […]
First off, yes, it’s entirely possible that we’ve watched too many science-fiction movies, like I, Robot and the Matrix. But a variety of new scientific innovations, particularly in the world […]
Anyone who cares about our country needs to ask these questions!!
To this day, the biopsy is still the gold standard for diagnosing cancer. But there are definite limits to the procedure, one being that you only get a measurement at […]
Recap: The Internet made previously paid-for content suddenly free and vendors who relied on the profitability of the written, spoken and video recorded word are struggling to stay afloat. Journalism […]
As President Obama doggedly prioritizes universal coverage over a thorough revamp of the health care system that would deliver truly efficient, sustainable care, “Obamacons”, like me, who helped elect him, […]
Remember the Seinfeld episode featuring the “close-talker,” an overly pleasant fellow named Aaron (played by Judge Reinhold) who stands just a little too close to people when he’s talking to […]
Justin Fox, business columnist and Curious Capitalist for Time magazine as well as author of the bestseller The Myth of the Rational Market, stopped by Big Think recently to talk […]
The idea is a simple one. Design a “fleet” of platforms that harness the energy of the sea winds, solar and the waves. We at Club Class Concierge are always looking for new ideas to invest in.
“View the most impressive site of the world! – Δείτε το πιο εντυπωσιακό site του κόσμου!”rnBreathing Earth. This real-time simulation displays the CO2 emissions of every country in the world, as well as their birth and death rates.(Suggested by John Patra, Greek blogger extraordinaire, a not to be missed site.)
When the atheists are not busy worshiping their various pagan celebrity gods, they turn to their supreme ruler: REASON.
Apparently the evidence of design is all around us, I just don’t see it.
Everything has become so very complicated these days. Complexity, if the leader is to be truly successful and sustainably successful in increasingly amorphous, re-adaptable, uncharted waters, he must understand complexity multidimensionally.
From the very beginning the unruly Christian sect of Jews were to eradicate all history of other monism faiths.
If you didn’t know about the magnitude of the Google Library Project, you’re not alone. In 1994, Google began approaching major libraries offering to digitize their stacks with an eye […]
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The jackpot drawing for tonight’s Mega Millions multi-state lottery is a whopping $333 million, the second largest prize in North American lottery history. The ticket is $1. Should you buy […]
In the raging debate over healthcare here in the U.S., there is one point on which everybody, from Newt Gingrich to Barack Obama, seems to agree: We should be spending […]
Hooman Majd, journalist and author of The Ayatollah Begs to Differ, understands Iran more than almost anyone in the U.S. journalism circuit. A Western-educated descendant of an ayatollah, Majd has […]