A New York Times article by Sam Dillon in 2011 details how history scores among high school students had remained stagnant since 2001. According to the National Assessment of Educational Progress, only 12 percent of high school seniors sored proficiently on the test. Pretty good score if your goal is to get our young people to […]
The Committee To Free Jamie Snow Hosts 6th Annual Postcards In The Park Event
The Committee to Free Jamie Snow is hosting their sixth annual Postcards in the Park in Bloomington, Illinois, on July 30, 2016. The annual event is designed to bring more attention to the wrongful conviction of Jamie Snow. Jamie Snow was wrongfully convicted in 2001 for the 1991 murder of William Little, a gas station […]
“Nunquam” by Lawrence Durell
I love English expatriates. It’s fun to watch their provincial (and post-Imperial) snobbery erode, as they accept the Wisdom of the Barbarians. Slowly, they learn to dance. Great examples (in writing) are “My Guru and His Disciple” by Christopher Isherwood and “A Passage to India” by E. M. Forster. This book is not in their […]
Transgenders contesting in Elections: Change coming to Pakistan?
The transgenders (Hijra or Khawaja Sira) of Pakitan are very exicted as election day in Pakistan is approaching. This is because of their newly awarded status of third gender (theesri jins) by the courts of Pakistan. The transgenders, previously dejected due to confusion over determination of their sexes, can now declare themselves as belonging […]
The ancient Greeks learned aromatherapy from the middle East and Asia
The ancient Greeks learned aromatherapy from the middle East and Asia. With them, medicine became the subject of of more serious and scientific study and Hippocrates, the celebrated father of medicine, advocate specially scented baths and massages as treatments for certain diseases. He also categorized the medical uses of a number of essential oils. From […]
Hera, the Queen goddess of the Ancient Greek Mythology
According to the legend of the Greek Mythology, Hera is the queen of the gods. She is the wife of the Greek god Zeus, the most powerful god of the ancient Greeks. She is the mother of other ancient Greek gods namely; Ares, Hephaestus, Hebe, and Eileithyia. She named as the queen of the gods […]