In truth, I enjoy Thanksgiving as much as most, more than many and less than a few; being my first year away from family and friends during this festive period, I wondered how I would feel spending so much time with people I’ve only known for many months/a few months/a few weeks/...
many of whom had naturally acquired immunity and real doubts about the efficacy or safety of the inoculations. And, finally, the Pentagon made it known that prior standards of recruitment, promotion, and evaluation had apparently weakened the military. Therefore, new race- and gender-based criter...
He attended aprivate Catholic schoolthrough the fifth grade before transferring to a public school anddropping outby age 14, the year hereceived“all Fs” in a progress report. “My comprehension level was much higher than that of many of my teachers,”Pool says, and so s...
The screening of this film, on this night, in this cinema would have been unremarkable were it not for the fact that Greece had just emerged from nine years of military rule by a Junta who seized power in a coup in 1967. They were a nasty lot – as they always are. Devoid of humou...
Agents at Ellis Island and other immigration stations were on the lookout for sex trafficking. They held up single unaccompanied women until family or friends or immigrant aid societies of the women’s nationalities would come for these women (and in many instances the groups or the sponsors woul...
It’s an interesting fact that nowhere in the world has a nation successfully modernised itself without strongly asserting its own identity, often in violent and extreme ways. When China under Mao asserted itself against foreign values, it was doing much the same as many other emerging nations ...
People who feel isolated or different may turn to suicide attempts as an escape. People who have experienced sexual abuse or other types of trauma are more likely to attempt suicide. Similarly, veterans of the military, especially those who have served in combat or wartime, are at increased ri...
One of the males regurgitates food for a pup. Credit: Cindy Miller. However, our guide did not know if these pups were old enough to survive without their mother. Mother’s milk provides pups with nutrients, but at this age, water is very limiting during the dry season. So even if th...
Iran is one of the safest countries in the world based on tourists’ feedback. There have been many solo female travellers who have experienced Iranian hospitality and kindness. However, it is vital to bear in mind that Iran is an Islamic country with traditional values and of course, some ...
and the habitual lying of countless government and military officials. The deeper deceitful and violent DNA nature of my own culture came into view. My heretofore belief in the exceptionalism of US “America” was crushed forever, despite presence of many...