to a greater extent than did that of couples who married in earlier [JY](8)___ as well as later decades. Since the United States maintained its [JY](9)___ dubious distinction of having the highest divorce rate in the world, the temporary decline in divorce did not occur in the same...
In the 60s, Cosmo traced the history of the bra business—from the Victorian era through the height of the sexual revolution—uncovering a rich social history, where politics and industry collide.
Not only did the president want to annex Canada, but he then declared the need to bring Scandinavia—with populations ostensibly blessed by genetics—into a new Atlantic union. “Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland, to be specific. They will bring us the character and the discipline we so sa...
But I will start with a meal we talked and laughed about on our last meeting (a few days before he passed away): our Lunch atPierre Koffmann’s La Tante Clairein Royal Hospital Rd. Chelsea. All the way to the restaurant I did not stop talking about The signature dish of the restauran...
IIWhen Did Rights Become “Rights”? From the Wars of Religion to the Dawn of EnlightenmentIn 1576 a three- volume work appeared in Geneva, with a false imprint, entitled Mémoires de l’état de France sous Charles IX. It contained a text that would go down in the annals of political ...
Namaste - I honor the place in you in which the entire universe dwells. I honor the place in you which is of love, truth, light, and peace. When you are in that place in you, and I am in that place in me, We Are One!
This year I resolved to do the usual things: lose weight; step up the exercise; no more eating potato chips (I even did the farewell ritual recommended by certain therapists: “I love you very much, fried salty things, but I can’t have you in my life anymore”). I did, however,...
1000 AD before return to being a leading global city by 2000. Or the Middle East being the center of the world technologically in the Middle Ages before falling into dark ages by the enlightenment and becoming rich again (to much lesser and backward extent) by 2000 via the fossil fuel ...
The feelings of rejection and loneliness are bound to come at some point. It’s pretty much guaranteed. As Christ-followers, we’re commanded to walk as Jesus did and sometimes that means traveling a lonely road. There will inevitably be times when we’ll be misunderstood and hated. Even ...
A rigorous debate on freedom and what it is did not fully blossom until the Enlightenment when the thinkers of the time made clearer both the nature of freedomYet efforts to measure freedom have only emerged in the last quarter century or so. Unfortunately, these efforts have been flawed: ...