Recently added articles from The World and I:
Ralph Waldo Emerson and American identity.(BOOK WORLD)
Dec 01, 2008; ... A recent essay identifies Ralph Waldo Emerson as the "architect of American intellectual culture" and goes on to cite some of his aphorisms, the best known, perhaps, being "a foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds." Many of his essays and poetry are still found in anthologies ...
New galactic watering holes.(NATURAL SCIENCE)
Dec 01, 2008; ... Let's face a harsh and brutal truth about the radio frequency of 1420MHz. When the Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligences [SETI] began in earnest in the 1960s, astronomers thought that the frequency of a fundamental transition of hydrogen, 1420MHz, would be the most ideal ...
Sibling rivalry: the Scottish and the English.(CULTURE)
Dec 01, 2008; ... Most Americans are shocked to learn that the Scottish Nationalist Party (SNP), pledged to leave the United Kingdom attracted more than one-third of the electorate in the last Parliamentary elections in Scotland. This would be the equivalent of a regional party in the American South today ...
A short history of collage.(THE ARTS)
Dec 01, 2008; ... Collage is a technique of pasting materials such as newspaper clippings, fur, wall paper, package labels, or dozens of other possible materials onto paintings, drawings, prints, even sculpture. By adding a "collage" an artist can change the nature of what he or she is creating, ...
The world through Trevor Kobrin's lens.(LIFE)
Dec 01, 2008; ... The hiss of the milk steamer breaks the sounds of early '90s songs, and the sweet notes of chocolate and coffee invite a steady buzz of conversation to fill this Dallas, Texas, coffee house. Photographer Trevor Kobrin joins that conversation. He is 10,000 miles from his ...
A peanut fair extraordinaire.(CULTURE)
Dec 01, 2008; ... I am in a passage swarming with devotees. On either side, scores of vendors display mounds of peanuts, puffed rice, sweet meats, and savories. Farther ahead is the famous Basava temple of Bangalore. I have come to the annual kadelekayi parishe or peanut fair held for two days every October ...
Much more than just peanuts.
Dec 01, 2008 ... Like peas, pulses and beans, the peanut belongs to the 12,000 species strong family of legumes (Leguminosae), our second most important source of food after grasses. The scientific name for peanuts is Arachis hypogaea. Peanuts in UK and Asia are more commonly called groundnuts or monkey ...
Introduction.(CURRENT ISSUES)
Dec 01, 2008; ... The excitement over the election of America's first black president was evident in headlines across the world November 5, 2008. We have seen everything from "America Chooses Change" to simply "HISTORY" above the fold on page one. Yes, this is a historical moment for America, and people are ...
The starry testament to Vincent van Gogh.(THE ARTS)
Nov 01, 2008; ... How things change! Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890), in his angst-stricken life, managed to sell only one painting. Now the sale of a van Gogh painting becomes an international event, as selling prices soar into the multi-millions of dollar. A museum named for him in Amsterdam shows ...
Introduction to Einstein.(BOOK WORLD)(Einstein: His Life and Universe)(Book review)
Nov 01, 2008; ... Einstein: His Life and Universe Walter Isaacson Simon & Schuster, New York, Hardcover $32.00, Paperback $17.95, 704 pages Albert Einstein, who was born in 1879 in Germany and died in 1955 in the USA, is one the best known personalities of our world. He is ...
Millennials among us: are they taking over the world and are we ready?(CULTURE)
Nov 01, 2008; ... The short answer is that, yes, Millennials--those that are born between 1980 and 2000--are taking over the world and the rest of us should do more than sit back and watch, if we are to keep up. Living as we do on the cultural cusp of "top 10 lists of celebrity biopics which ...
Sonyta Thai, from Cambodia to Connecticut.(LIFE)(Personal account)
Nov 01, 2008; ... It is an early morning at Roger's Park Middle School in Danbury, Connecticut, and the teachers are lined up along the hallway, monitoring those crazy middle-school-kid antics. Three boys run down the hall yelling, "Run! Run! Run!" and are reprimanded quickly by three teachers' voices. They ...
Muslim fundamentalism a threat to the West?(CURRENT ISSUES)
Nov 01, 2008; ... After the end of the Cold War, the West began to perceive Muslim fundamentalism as the new threat to their stability. Recent fighting between Georgia and Russia has brought back specters of that Cold War. In the West's views Muslim fundamentalism is associated with barbarism and ...
In the spirit of Semper Fidelis.(LIFE)(Personal account)
Nov 01, 2008; ... David Madaras has never shaken off the stark memories of October 23, 1983, when at 6:22 a.m., the tent in which he was snoozing was suddenly swept into the sky, exposing a shocking and incomprehensible scene: the smoke-filled rubble of the U.S. Marine Headquarters in Beirut. Emerging just ...
Introduction.(CURRENT ISSUES)
Nov 01, 2008; ... The United States of America has long been associated with opportunity. Our streets were thought to be "paved with gold"--our citizens never to be jobless; our children never to go hungry; our government to be unprejudiced, and our schools to nurture generations of progressively ...
Mark Twain: the Lincoln of our literature.(Biography)
Oct 01, 2008; ... Why choose to write about Mark Twain at this moment? The answer lies in his unique contribution to our understanding of who we are as Americans. He is, as a recent Time magazine put it, a "seriously funny man." The article goes on to say that Twain was "our first great political wit and a ...
A journey from the 'beginnings' of Wassily Kandinsky.(THE ARTS)(Biography)
Oct 01, 2008; ... Artists embark on adventurous journeys throughout their lives. Their paths may lead them out of their homeland much as Gauguin's journey took him from France to the South Pacific and to the awakening of his palette in Tahiti. Others stay put in one location and their voyages take place in ...
Beyond bagpipes: a highland fling with scottish culture.(THE ARTS)
Oct 01, 2008; ... Before I visited Scotland, I knew very little about its culture beyond bagpipes, kilts, tartans, thistles, Robbie Burns and the Loch Ness monster. Like many travelers, I wanted to go beyond the easy cliches that those icons suggested, so I spent time pouring over history and guide books ....
Filipina migrant workers in Bath, England.(CULTURE)
Oct 01, 2008; ... Bath is the quintessential English town of tourist fantasy. Indeed the city has lived off tourism quite literally since time immemorial. The fine Roman baths which give the city its name are testament to the fact that people have been coming here to relax for at least 2,000 years. More ...
Introduction.(CURRENT ISSUES)
Oct 01, 2008; ... The search for sustainable energy resources has recently monopolized the fretting conscience of the global economy. In order to curb the crises of climate change and natural resource depletion, it must ask: What is our destination? Which is the best route? In what manner do we travel? How ...