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Internet’s “rude, raunchy underbelly “

OCTOBER 24, 2013 THE PSYCHOLOGY OF ONLINE COMMENTS POSTED BY MARIA KONNIKOV Several weeks ago, on September 24th, Popular Science announced that it would banish comments from its Web site. The editors argued that Internet comments, particularly anonymous ones, undermine the integrity of science and lead to a culture of aggression and mockery that hinders substantive discourse. “Even a…

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Richard Dawkins: One of the world’s most innovative thinkers today.

Rediscovering Richard Dawkins: An Interview by J.P. O’Malley Sep 23, 2013  He might be prone to controversial outbursts, but what does the world’s leading atheist and scientist really like to talk about? J.P. O’Malley visits Dawkins in his Oxford home to find out. Whenever Richard Dawkins’s name appears in the news nowadays, it’s usually for the wrong…

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Gatsby is Great : Fitzgerald confronts the defeat of youth and beauty and idealism of the Jazz Age

  The Great Gatsby was originally published in April 1925, which means that those who first read it were much nearer in time to Henry James and even Charles Dickens than we are to Scott Fitzgerald. And that reflection brings a shock. For just as the book survives in our minds partly as a period…

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Mecca of Creative Talent: Los Angeles` Art Schools Legendary

A student critique in the main gallery at CalArts Los Angeles teaching is still top for next generation of artists   Los Angeles’ art schools are the stuff of legend. Since the 1960s, students have flocked to the city to study under the likes of Allan Kaprow, Chris Burden, John Baldessari and Paul McCarthy. The…

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So what motivates 120 million Americans to attend a church, synagogue or temple?

  I carried a lot of crosses as a Catholic altar boy. I also learned to mumble phrases in Latin and breathed in enough incense to choke an elephant. There is something serene about being behind a ritual. It lets you observe and reflect. And wonder why in the world people show up. Roughly six…

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Facebook Artist David Choe Launches New Gig With Porn Star Asa Akira

  A year after David Choe became the most surprising multimillionaire to emerge from Facebook’s IPO, the bad-boy graffiti artist is making the publicity rounds with a new pornographic podcast featuring porn star Asa Akira. He talks to Lizzie Crocker about anal sex, his new gig, and more anal sex.  Tits, ass, and goblins. Bare-chested…

Islam, Patriarchy And The State: How Sexual Repression Corrupts Society

Op-Ed: Moroccan author and political scientist offers a subtle thesis: sexual repression is a gateway to corruption and political repression. Secret love in Marrakesh (Emanuele UbO) By Omar Saghi* LE SOIR/WORLDCRUNCH CASABLANCA – The link between sexual repression and political repression might seem like a stretch. And yet there is a clear connection between the…