SUICIDE OF A WOMAN - AYAD GHARBAWI

SUICIDE OF A WOMAN - AYAD GHARBAWI

    SUICIDE OF A WOMAN February, 1995 – London   Ayad Gharbawi   Killing Your only Haunted eye And those that witnessed How frail You are Yawn O! How vile Man is!   And…
Death Of A Friend - Ayad Gharbawi

Death Of A Friend - Ayad Gharbawi

    Death Of A Friend   Ayad Gharbawi   Say to us Hurtful Words Of changes to come Impersonal   Waves A-wash Upon hearts Mortified – O days; Gone? Or are you To become…
What Causes The Changing Images Of A Face?

What Causes The Changing Images Of A Face?

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Countries to avoid - a new entry

Countries to avoid - a new entry

Note to self. The list of countries to avoid visiting grows in 2010 with the entry of Ireland, a green country where people speak with a funny accent and drink good spirits. These are not at all…
Death of Man

Death of Man

For many the turbulence of life are inexplicable and profoundly frustrating our faith in goodwill. What is the essence of personal meaning in a world where human relations are becoming increasingly…
Too Many Antibiotics?   Thank Your Lawyer

Too Many Antibiotics? Thank Your Lawyer

A new study suggests that the increase of MRSA in healthcare settings results from clinicians who prescribe antibiotics more often and more broadly than clinical circumstances and evidence-based…
Just War and Afghanistan

Just War and Afghanistan

Found this article in Dissent magazine interesting: "Is Obama's War in Afghanistan Just?" by Michael Walzer. The core of Walzer's argument is that the decision to go to war inAfghanistan in 2001 was…
Podcast Teaser: Love, A Skeptical Inquiry

Podcast Teaser: Love, A Skeptical Inquiry

[from guest blogger and podcast co-host Julia Galef] Hey there, rational readers! I’m honored to be Massimo’s guest blogger and co-host of the upcoming Rationally Speaking podcast for the …
Inverted Qualia

Inverted Qualia

A couple of months ago I attended a lecture by Saul Kripke at CUNY’s Graduate Center. Kripke is one of the most influential philosophers of the late 20th century, someone who you simply…