Nowruz in Kazakhstan
In recognition of the new attack, this time in Brussels, I’m posting this week’s blog a day early. May we all remember that in the world, many will usher in their new year today in peace. … Nowruz is a happy … Read More
Daylight Savings Time Redux — Again
DST: Sunday, March 13, 2016 2:00 am to Sunday, November 6, 2016 You have a choice today. You can read my post on DST from 2015 (which is a rehash of my 2014 DST post) by clicking … Read More
International Women’s Day, 2016
International Women’s Day is a world-wide holiday, officially observed on every continent each year on March 8. Have you heard of it? Or perhaps I should ask instead, when did you first hear of it? … Read More
Culture as an Excuse — Part IV — The Culture of Rape
Sex often makes us laugh. Being able to laugh at sex is one of the ways in which I remind myself that rape, and the “culture of rape” as we’ll discuss here today, is not about SEX. It’s about POWER. … Read More
Socially Acceptable Excuses — Part III
British philosopher Bertrand Russell, famously conjugated the verb “to be” this way: I am firm. You are obstinate. He is a pig-headed fool. And so we begin Part III of our ongoing series that began last January with When Cultural Difference is Used … Read More
Culture of Affluence or Cop-out?
Anyone who has followed my blog for any length of time knows I celebrate cultural differences here. Knowing that others approach certain concepts differently, helps me better understand my own ways, like … … what it means to “be on … Read More
World Holocaust Victims Remembrance Day
January 27 is World Holocaust Victims Remembrance Day I found this photo of Auschwitz at the Jewish Virtual Museum, a project of the American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise and a wealth of information on the Holocaust. Today, January 27, is World Holocaust … Read More
When Cultural Difference Is Used As An Excuse — Part I
Cultural difference has morphed of late into a lame excuse for bad behavior. Take this recent headline: Renegades boss blames ‘cultural differences‘ as Chris Gayle is fined $10,000 That was a headline I caught through the magic that is … Read More
The Obligatory New Year’s Resolution Post
Happy New Year, Readers We often start our new year by declaring all the ways in which we plan to improve ourselves. It’s as though we currently aren’t “good enough.” Not me. I’ll begin with my word … Read More