Moonballs from Planet Earth

I generally review books after I have read them, but I'm posting about Red Plenty when its still in my Amazon shopping basket. I heard a...

Amy Chua's fifteen minutes of fame are almost over. The Tiger Mother story has played itself out as a news item. Yet, after having read ...

I was on a business trip to Istanbul recently. All I had time for was the airport, hotel, and conference center - annoying when visiting one...

I just listened to a podcast by Amber Case , an anthropologist who studies how people use digital technology. She said something that real...

Swanny’s Ashes video diaries are coming thick and fast now. Episode 7 came out on Jan 2, a mere 4 days after the Christmas special episode ...

We don't need no education, We don't need no thought control, No dark sarcasm in the classroom, Teacher leave them kids alone, Hey t...

This post is being published on December 25 to honour a deity whose birth is traditionally celebrated on this day: the sun god, Mithras . ...