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How America Invented the Celts

March 17, 2020 in Culture, Nationalism

by Charles A. Coulombe March has arrived, and with it, St. Patrick’s Day—patronal feast of the Emerald Isle. But two of the other five Celtic peoples have their patron’s days in March as well. Wales’s St. David opens the month on the first, and Cornwall’s St. Piran rolls along four […]

The True Meaning of Freedom

February 19, 2020 in Culture, Justice, Politics, Nationalism, Peace

by Alex Lickerman, M.D. We may not have free will, but we can still act freely—sort of. America is a symbol of freedom all over the world, enjoying as it does freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and freedom of the press. Our ancestors prized these political freedoms so much […]

The Middle East Then and Now: The History of Israel, Iran, Syria and Afghanistan

January 30, 2020 in Book Review, Culture, Religion, History

by eCommunicator Authors: M. Clement Hall and Charles River Editors Paperback: 254 pages Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (October 26, 2013) Language: English ISBN-10: 1493591681 ISBN-13: 978-1493591688 Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.6 x 9 inches Shipping Weight: 15.7 ounces Before World War I, the West was largely unfamiliar with the […]

Martin Luther King's 1964 Nobel Peace Prize Lecture

Martin Luther King Jr. Nobel Lecture, December 11, 1964

January 24, 2020 in Connecting....., Culture, Peace

by eCommunicator The quest for peace and justice It is impossible to begin this lecture without again expressing my deep appreciation to the Nobel Committee of the Norwegian Parliament for bestowing upon me and the civil rights movement in the United States such a great honor. Occasionally in life there […]

The Zero Hour Youth Climate Summit Is Happening In Miami — Here's What To Know. (Glenn Hunt/Getty Images News/Getty Images)

Why are older generations doing wrong to their young?

December 29, 2019 in Connecting....., Culture, Tolerance, Inspiration

by Jason Feifer It’s partly out of fear, partly self-flattery, and partly delusion, and it’s been happening for thousands of years. Ira S. Wolfe is a business consultant in Pennsylvania. A decade ago, all his clients were worried about the same thing: millennials. “Millennials at that point were mostly either […]

What makes people trust and rely on news (American Press Institute)

Are We Getting to A Time When You Can’t Trust What You See, Hear or Read?

December 10, 2019 in Health, Culture, Education, Science, Technology, Self-help

by Ayodeji Awosika Throughout the day, your mind is getting input from thousands of different sources. I talk about reinventing yourself quite a bit. Part of that process involves changing the way you think. To change the way you think, you can begin to think of your mind as a […]