While I take no issue with all the different Christian denominations out there, I do take issue with those that seem to contort the essence of the Christian message into one that serves a deeply nefarious purpose…not that anyone should just take my word for it. They should, however, note ...
While it is easy to point the finger of blame at the Government for broken funding models, or COVID for the overnight departure of so much international student income, or even institutional management for unsustainable business models and ill-informed spending, I think we are now struggling to...
Let’s examine two terms, “Hispanic” and “Latino,” and see if they make any sense etymologically. “Hispania” is the Latin word for Spain and might be used to refer to anyone who resided in what was formally aSpanish colony. ButFlorida was once a Spanish colony and so was Texasan...
Mount Etna and other regions, Tenuta Regaleali is said to be the family’s spiritual and institutional home base, a place where they can experiment with new methods and focus on sustainability with indigenous grapes that are relatively unknown in US markets. ...
The only institutional abuse at Gitmo was by the detainees towards the guards, who regularly sucker punched guards and used their bodily fluids, including urine, feces and semen to “splash” unsuspecting guards, who after a time began to wear face shields when handling detainees. Although ...
Sundry updates, part 2, the revenge of the update: I’m currently interning atSPLABin Seattle, a center for poetry and spoken word. We just had an event, the Allen Ginsberg Marathon, where we read poems until dawn in honor of the great man’s birthday. I read, and got to hear fabul...
Thus, despite efforts to broaden their funding base, both OnDeck and Lending Club are having to rely on traditional institutional (mainly bank) funding to fund their loans, the withdrawal of these lines of credit could pose an existential risk for the companies. ...
-“Self empowerment” (she says) is another word for narcissism. -Feminists have adopted money as a measure of value, and hence applaud women getting into highly paid CEO jobs, despite this doing nothing to change the economic system as a whole. Women with good jobs can now buy their way...
We should also note that it is significant that our English word for ‘obedience’ is derived from two Latin words-obandaudire-which mean to ‘listen keenly’. As Bill Kirkpatrick observes in his bookThe Creativity of Listening,listening has three meanings: The first is to hear; the second ...
“. The article quoted the president of the Federation of German Industries as saying, “China may be a competitor and an institutional rival, but it is always an important partner for Europe and Germany. It is unthinkable to be forced to completely decouple from China. This will definitely ...