I was an Assistant Mechanical Engineer in an Electric Diesel Locomotive maintenance workshop of the Indian Railways. I seemed to be confronted with disparate and multiple problems like dirty work bays, breakdown of machines, the workers’ trade union raising different kinds of demands...
I assume that presidents need to be quite charismatically gifted in order to become a president - I'd love to have the opportunity to discuss/debate things with one. There's a cool quote from Jack Brennan in the movie: "Well, in boxing, you know, there's always that first moment, an...
A second influence was the rise in Eastern Europe of a populist Kabbalism in the form of Chasidism, and its eventual decline into super- stition (in the eyes of its rationalist opponents), so that by the beginning of this century a Jewish writer was able to dismiss Kabbalah as an his-...
Josh Jonesis a writer and musician based in Durham, NC. Follow him at@jdmagness About Us Open Culture scours the web for the best educational media. We find the free courses and audio books you need, the language lessons & educational videos you want, and plenty of enlightenment...
One thing that's become apparent to me so far in 2009 is that, while 2008 was the year of the antivaccinationist, 2009 is already shaping up to be a very bad year for antivaccinationists. A very bad year indeed, and this is a very, very good thing--if it can be sustained. But...