Results for “Cultural Odyssey”

…as always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge." Only thing stupefying me about Trump so f...

…, especially given its link to violence. Once again, we see nature and nurture contributing to individual variation and cultural differences in our capacity to harm others. Together, these observations of glucose-related disorders speak to a disconcerting reality: we are born wi...

…ce probe. More than a decade later, at atime when Olympic gymnasts and Hollywood actresses have become a catalyst fora cultural reckoning about sexual abuse, Epstein’s victims have all but been forgotten, The women — now in their late 20s and early 30s — are still fighting for...

…of individuals may be, presumes them to retain not only an interest in the welfare of China but also a loosely defined cultural, and even political, allegiance to the so-called Motherland (#4). Under Xi Jinping’s leadership, diaspora Chinese have been called on to help achieve t...

…n 1979, Senator Edward Kennedy asked me to travel to China and report back to him on the condition of human rights. The cultural revolution was just ending, and the first sparks of freedom were being ignited at a place in Beijing called “Democracy Wall,” where dissidents gathered...

… it is Iran. If ever there was a country that might respond to constructive engagement, to commercial, governmental and cultural intercourse, it is also Iran. Why the west should want to make it another North Korea passes comprehension. Article 3. HOUSE OVERSIGHT 018202 The Washi...

…ndia and China for what is now known simply as Frieze week. It's no longer just about the fair; a whole city's-worth of cultural activity has coalesced around those big white marquees. The breakfast views are booked in, the big museum shows are up and the parties – from a Frieze...

… CIA officer, one mosque, one ruling at a time. Particularly in the US, given our deep attachment to freedom as well as cultural and psychological tendencies toward diversity, Western guilt and expectations of truthfulness, this effort is devious and difficult to uproot. The Civi...

…8524 Continue reading the main story Suzy Menkes on the fashion designer L'Wren Scott • A Times selection of noteworthy cultural events in New York City and beyond • Net-a-Porter means "ready to party" Continue reading the main story Advertisement The first day of rehearsal for "...

…ying social connections are sought and experienced in terms of the social norms and values of particular historical and cultural settings. Likewise, anthropomorphism, as an inferred social connection to the nonhuman, takes shape and becomes persuasive in terms of historically and...

…Saudis nonetheless viewed the nationwide Yemeni protests in that context. In Bahrain, where many Shiites openly nurture cultural and religious ties to Iran, the Saudis saw the case as even more open-and-shut. To their ears, these suspicions were confirmed when many Bahraini prote...

…o enrich and expand the meaning of the “free world” by liberating humankind from geographical, financial, political and cultural barriers? The worldis no longer the West versus the rest, as wealready live in aworld connected by the internet. The initiative seeks to make the worl...

…ain them. I found Noam's hypothesis very compelling in the past. I still think that the idea that language is somehow a cultural or social invention of our species is wrong. But I think that there is a chance (we don't know that, but it seems to most promising hypothesis IMHO) th...

…ntists use could have applications for everybody. The Internet wasn’t just about scientific data, it was a mind-blowing cultural revolution. So when Conde Nast asked me to take over the magazine, I was like, ‘Absolutely!’ This magazine changed my life.” He had five children by t...

…nd Tibet.? However, a more beneficial contribution came in the form of advancing US-China scientific, educational, and cultural exchanges that started to be promoted by a growing number of preeminent Chinese American scientists, engineers, and academics who were also advising th...