How would you describe musically induced ecstasy? There isn’t really the right word in the English language. In Arabic, however, the sensation is called tarab. And in Creole, the word for such a state of euphoric confusion or dizzy/dazed happiness…
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By Stuart Greenbaum Nathan Faris, an overweight, brainy 12-year-old, hated going to school. He was picked on relentlessly, tormented, to the point he vowed revenge. One day he’d had enough and came to school with a loaded pistol, his “equalizer.”…
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You might ask yourself, “How is it so many very ignorant individuals also are so very arrogant?” And, you might also ask yourself, “How is it so many very arrogant individuals also are so very ignorant?“ Assuming you are neither…
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Warning, the fear-mongering “silver tsunami” depiction of the rising older adult population is resurfacing. “ are at risk from the intransigence of the old,” warns David Runciman, head of the political department at the University of Cambridge. Featured in Time…
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The opportunity may not be as dramatic as “Speak now or forever hold your peace,” but for some students one particular class assignment may have changed their lives. For most of us our high school years are remembered, for better…
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Do you believe things to be so? Do you think so? Or, do you know so? Hardly an existential exercise, this is the hierarchy of critical thinking -- the absence of which explains why we are experiencing diminishing returns on…
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Give credit to both Serena Williams and a group of pro football plays for exceeding expectations. They are positive role models for athletes to use their voices to complain, not to refs, but on behalf of individuals who can’t speak…
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Older adults are like other natural resources. We use them, use them up -- with little or no regard for their value beyond the present. Fortunately, unlike the rest, older adults are the only natural resource to naturally replenish and,…
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If Humble Sky has one underlying point of view, it is “Don’t suffer fools.” In my defense, which some might find offensive, my objective is to call out people when they do or say wrong things -- in my humble…
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The artificial intelligence revolution is the sound of one hand clapping. More precisely, an ambitious group of one-handed clappers. Each impressed with their specific developers and perspectives, but less so with the work of their peers. And we expect these…
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