Does the very idea of culture encompass all humanistic experiences and/or expressions? Mass media, science, religion, sports, fine arts, not so fine arts, poetry, music, graffiti, and so on. Do they belong under the umbrella of culture? If they do, and I’ll argue with sincerity that they do belong there, how are they communicating with […]
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Elena Kagan: She loves everyone and judges no one
http://onlinejournal.com/artman/publish/article_5881.shtml Commentary Last Updated: May 17th, 2010 – 01:03:42 Elena Kagan: She loves everyone and judges no one By Tony Kashani, Ph.D. Online Journal Guest Writer May 17, 2010, 00:20 Email this article Printer friendly page Barack Obama’s latest choice to replace retiring Justice John Paul Stevens may seem like a curious one to some. Much has been written, […]
TEACHING THROUGH DIALOGUE
Can one teach through dialogue? Plato did it. Presumably, he learned it from Socrates. One’s intuition could respond to this question with an emphatic yes, and be done with it. But, what is dialogue? Two people talking? Several people talking, each taking his or her turn to speak his or her mind? There are of […]
PHILOSOPHY OF GOSSIP
Is gossip merely trivial worthless babbling and chatter? Or does it serve a cultural purpose much more profound? The fact of the matter is what Webster dictionary describes as “habitually revealing sensational facts about others in the form of chatty talk” is a universal cultural attribute. From a little village in Lithuania to Manhattan, men and […]