Category: Cultural Trends
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Courage
Frustrated ISIS militants holding the city of Palmyra yesterday beheaded 82-year-old archaeologist Khaled al-Asaad. When Islamic State fighters…
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Nothing if not critical …
It’s easy to forget sometimes that the work of creating art is not like putting in a new…
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An insane pronouncement
Mars and Jupiter needed to stop dead and then go backward from time to time; eclipses could only…
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The Loudest Voice
Being the one who talks the loudest does not necessarily mean that what you’re saying is right, or…
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What looks nice over naugahyde …?
At the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, our local temple of culture, an odious sculpture from the…
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Truth and lies.
There’s enough snob value in just having the book in your hand that you don’t have to slave…
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The shape of words.
I know the difference between an Apostle and an Epistle, I can list the twelve sons of Jacob,…
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When in danger, When in doubt
This week saw the first home-grown case of Ebola hemorrhagic fever in – of course – Texas, the…
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