Tag Archives: culture

“Hyper Parents & Coddled Kids”

Posted on February 4, 2010 by

Here’s a program note: Tonight at 9:00 p.m. (Eastern Time), CBC-TV airs the documentary, Hyper Parents & Coddled Kids.  As the title suggests, it’s about one of the current styles of parenting: the film  looks at the cultural pressures on … Continue reading →

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Happy Kwanzaa!

Posted on December 27, 2009 by
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Connection through Differences

Posted on May 17, 2009 by

Relational ideology sees human identity consisting at one and the same time of a sense of personal autonomy and agency, and of a deep sense of connection with others.  This is central to the transformative model of mediation in that … Continue reading →

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World Economic Summit-A Buddhist Perspective

Posted on February 2, 2009 by

After completing his Ph. D thesis in molecular genetics in 1972 at l’Institut Pasteur, Mathieu Ricard renounced a scientific career for a lifelong study of Tibetan Buddhism.  He is the French translator for His Holiness The Dalai Lama.  An accomplished … Continue reading →

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John Updike, 1932-2009

Posted on January 28, 2009 by

Dog’s Death She must have been kicked unseen or brushed by a car. Too young to know much, she was beginning to learn To use the newspapers spread on the kitchen floor And to win, wetting there, the words, “Good … Continue reading →

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Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service

Posted on January 19, 2009 by

How auspicious that it falls on the eve of the Inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States! (H/T: Rev. Danny Fisher)

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Mind & Generosity

Posted on January 18, 2009 by

Tina Roth Eisenberg of Swiss Miss has pointed me towards two wonderful gifts.  The first is a video clip of a lecture by the psychiatrist and originator of logotherapy, Viktor Frankl, and the second is a quotation that the latter … Continue reading →

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The shiftlessness of scientific paradigms

Posted on January 7, 2009 by

Sharon Begley, the science writer, has a must-read piece in the Newsweek issue dated January 12th that was published online on January 3rd.  It’s chiefly about the resistance to change of scientific paradigms.  Her starting point is a collection of … Continue reading →

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Rubik’s Cube

Posted on January 6, 2009 by

Will Smith solves Rubik’s Cube in 55 seconds (far from the fastest though) (H/T: David Dobbs & kottke)

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Prospect Public Intellectuals 2008

Posted on December 23, 2008 by

In 2005, the British magazine, Prospect, held a write-in contest to select the top public intellectual of the year — the winner was Noam Chomsky, the MIT linguist and political activist.  This year, the editors alone decided to name General … Continue reading →

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