Writer and medical doctor George Burden explores medical mysteries from Canada’s past — and their implications for health care today.
Buddhist Anger Strategies
Nathan Thompson explores the effect anger has on us, and Buddhist approaches to dealing with anger in all kinds of situations.
Game of Thrones: How Fantasy and Intelligence are Marginalized
With the much-anticipated HBO series “Game of Thrones” starting tonight, Joshua S. Hill has some serious words for the New York Times reviewer who lambasted this epic fantasy.
Honestly? You Could Use Some Tact
“We have all met the person who loudly proclaims his or her honesty, at the expense of everything and everyone in their path,” writes Lorne Daniel in his exploration of the virtues and abuse of honesty.
TED Video: Street Artist JR Shows the World its True Face
JR, a semi-anonymous French street artist, uses his camera to show the world its true face, by pasting photos of the human face across massive canvases. At TED2011, he makes his audacious TED Prize wish: to use art to turn the world inside out.
Bolivia to Pass Laws Granting Mother Nature Equal Rights with Humans
Bolivia is about to pass the world’s first laws granting all Mother Nature equal rights with human beings. According to The Guardian, “The Law of Mother Earth, now agreed by politicians and grassroots social groups, redefines the country’s rich mineral deposits as “blessings” and is expected to lead to radical new conservation and social measures to reduce pollution and control industry”.
The House of My Heart
It is just a house, an old Cape Cod that was ostentatious when it was built many, many years ago. The red roof will need to be replaced. When it was first put on, my great uncle Howard was still alive and capable of roofing with the help of my husband and my brother in […]
How to Save a Cow
Andrea K. Paterson asks, “Why, when people start avoiding animal products for ethical reasons, do they most often decide to avoid meat but still eat eggs and dairy rather than avoiding eggs and dairy but continuing to eat meat?”
Wiggin’ It
Wigs have come back into fashion as an easy, fun way to change up your look. Phyllis Wilson goes wig shopping with a wig-loving friend.
Impressions of Normandy: Part 1
Julia McLean tours a series of exhibitions in France in honour of the Impressionists. After Claude Monet and his contemporaries began painting, humans never saw their world quite the same again.
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