I don’t know where you live but in Toronto, the emphasis on local TV is to emphasize how “we’re all celebrating” this long weekend. A Hockey Night in Canada host noted that Jews have Passover, Muslims have Ramadan, and Christians have Easter this weekend. Same thing with the weather lady. The weather is warming up… Read More Easter Monday and the corporate/civil sense of “celebrating”
Clifford James Geertz (1926-2006) was an American cultural anthropologist and sociologist whose work has left a lasting impact on the field of anthropology and beyond. Born in San Francisco, Geertz received a Ph.D. in anthropology from Harvard University in 1956 and went on to teach at various universities, including the University of Chicago and Princeton… Read More Clifford Geertz – A “must read” figure on academic reading lists
This is what the future of mental health could look like. Source: The future of mental health care might lie beyond psychiatry – Vox Opinion: Back in grad studies, I wrote a paper from a cross-cultural perspective, suggesting that madness and mysticism are “states of mind and minds of state.” By that, I meant that… Read More The future of mental health care might lie beyond psychiatry – Vox
SPOILER ALERT! Don’t read this if you haven’t already seen it! Now that Gomorrah is streaming on a few networks, I thought I’d mention some of the highlights that jumped out for me in Season Three. Most notably, we have two very strong woman characters, Annalisa (Cristina Donadio) and Patrizia (Cristiana Dell’Anna). Annalisa is a… Read More Gomorrah – Season Three
Two persons were arrested after they had glued their hands to the frames of two world-famous paintings by Spanish master Francisco de Goya in Madrid’s Prado museum on Saturday. Source: Climate activists glue hands to Goya painting in Spain, block private jets at Amsterdam airport Opinion: Oh, that’s original… Reminds me of something I have… Read More Climate activists glue hands to Goya painting in Spain, block private jets at Amsterdam airport
The association between psychopathy and crime is established, but the specific components of the personality disorders that most contribute to crime are largely unknown. Drawing on data from 723 confined delinquents in Missouri, the present study… Source: (PDF) Not my fault: blame externalization is the psychopathic feature most associated with pathological delinquency among confined delinquents… Read More (PDF) Not my fault: blame externalization is the psychopathic feature most associated with pathological delinquency among confined delinquents | Michael Vaughn – Academia.edu | Opinion
Introduction Here’s a post I wrote at the old Earthpages. By “old” I mean when Earthpages was not at WordPress but hosted as a manually updated website at the National Capital Freenet in Ottawa, Canada. Since then, I moved this piece to WordPress and last revised it in 2009. The following sticks pretty close to… Read More Another look at “Religions and Cults”
The original TV series mined social issues brilliantly – a radio remake in the era of the ‘red wall’ makes sense, says writer and editor John Merrick Source: Corrupt politicians, dodgy developers, bent coppers: Our Friends in the North still resonates | John Merrick | The Guardian Opinion: Bent coppers. Perhaps because it’s still fairly… Read More Corrupt politicians, dodgy developers, bent coppers: Our Friends in the North still resonates | John Merrick | The Guardian | Opinion
Hi everyone, this article was last revised on 2011/12/12. That’s quite a long time. I just freshened up the style and made it more concise. Other than that, not much has changed. I haven’t gone thru the links yet, some are probably broken. I’ll get to that… In the meantime, I just wanted to get… Read More Wake up! The Social Construction of Sleep
A 1968 attempt in Czechoslovakia to introduce liberal reforms was met with a violent invasion of Soviet-led troops. Source: When Soviet-Led Forces Crushed the 1968 ‘Prague Spring’ – HISTORY Opinion: The RSS Reader that I found this story on is no longer available. The developer seems either Russian, Slavic or Ukrainian. I’m not sure which… Read More When Soviet-Led Forces Crushed the 1968 ‘Prague Spring’ – HISTORY | Opinion
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