My take on Obama as a multi-racial candidate (this was written in response to a reporter’s questions to me on this topic):
So far, Obama has mainly been seen as a “Black candidate”–but as one whose “Blackness” is problematic because his father is not African American but Kenyan, and his mother is White. What is the [...]
“Shih” is an insightful, elegant kind of knowledge from Chinese into American English
–Howard Rheingold, They Have a Word for It
This article fosters an awareness of cross-cultural issues inherent in language communication through our perception of the world, non-verbally or verbally whenever we speak, listen, read, and write. Language communication offers cross-cultural insights and [...]
PREFACE
During March 2000, I studied Art and Architectural History while visiting and traveling in Spain. I made a Video Film pilgrimage to Spain’s castles, palaces, cathedrals, monasteries, convents, mosques, holy sites, and museums in order to study Art and Architecture of designated UNESCO National Heritage Centers. “As time travelers, we were embarked on a [...]
This is funny! Conservative commentator (and one of my favorite reads) James Taranto is honored in a roundabout way by Kenyon Wilson, conductor of the tuba/euphonium ensemble, who will feature a piece titled ‘Kerfuffle,’ a word Taranto is credited for integrating into political discussions. The piece is shown here in its entirety:
The University [...]
One of Britain’s coolest art magazines, Frieze came to my attention well over a decade ago when they included with one of their releases a 3-inch compact disc featuring music from Japanese noise terrorists The Boredoms. They continue to showcase some of the most provocative modern art around, though they overindulge themselves in the [...]
A. P. David of More Intelligent Life Magazine writes two wonderful articles on the Father of Western History:
Reading Herodotus
Herodotus and Bad Fate
- Rudy Carrera.
Critical reading for those of you who wish to consider themselves brainiacs. The writing of these articles is superb, the subject matter wonderfully worthwhile, and one can fritter a whole night away reading these slices of art.
- Rudy Carrera.
The BBC reports on the passing of Dith Pran, the former New York Times journalist whose coverage of late 1970s Cambodia would directly inspire the film ‘The Killing Fields,’ named after a term Pran coined after witnessing the massacre instigated by Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge. He was 65.
- Rudy Carrera
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