By: Don Thompson 1. Deep in the weeds of volume three of Modern Painters (in Part IV and Chapter XII), John Ruskin has included an essay under the title, “Of The Pathetic Fallacy”. […]
Who’s Afraid of Pathetic Fallacy? Ted Kooser Meets Walt Disney
The Dean
By Rey Armenteros Listen to the details of this carefully to get my point. I was walking into a college office with a resume in my hand. I had no appointment. I […]
Uncle Sam
By: Denise Woods 1. At ten years old, I just got used to the world I lived in. I’m not ready to see everything change before my eyes. I was born in […]
Reading Armistead Maupin as a Teenager in Rural Virginia
By: Jessica McCaughey BJ’s Books was the kind of dusty, well-stocked used bookstore you’d expect to find on a quaint city street, urban but with a clean sidewalk and trees. Perhaps the shop […]
Why the Revolution of Modern Life is Intelligent, Moral and Beautiful
By: Thomas Dexter Kerr It is an exciting and hopeful time to be alive. A revolution is sweeping the earth, increasing intelligence by allowing, enabling, inspiring ever more people to make more decisions […]
Confirm or Conform?
By: Indu Pandey Confirm or Conform, both the terms revolve around the social norms that govern individual’s behaviour/ belief system. If we look at our social practices, these are rigid and deeply rooted […]
On the serious business of comedy
By: Srinivas S The business of comedy might be to make people laugh and perhaps, even, to laugh. It is a rather serious business, however, because creating comedy, and effective variants of […]
When Russell Brand admits to be an ‘addict’, help is just around the corner
By: Dr. Scott F. Terry and David Shapiro Comedian Russell Brand explains: “The reason I became a drug addict is that all throughout my life I felt this sense of irritation, agitation, this emptiness… […]
The Suicide Club: A Voice in the Wilderness
By: Gary Van Haas I couldn’t believe they said it. They were actually talking about suicide and the best way to do it as though it was a casual everyday matter. They even […]
Aisle Shades
By: Jourdan Lobban It was a scorching Saturday. I had to get my hair done no matter the cost. But my Wawa regiment had to be satisfied first. I had done the […]
