“After the artist Georgia O’Keeffe left New York for the mesa of New Mexico, she began signing letters to friends “from the faraway nearby”. The striking oxymoron has given Rebecca Solnit the title for her new, inspired reverie, which wanders… Continue reading

I tried for years to be an atheist, then an agnostic, and, after failing at both, I thought I might become a kind of religious omnivore, cobbling bits of doctrine into a patchwork spirituality that would offer inspiration, or solace… Continue reading

The Afro-Brazilian Quilombola people are resisting the cellulose industry in Brazil and working for a post-eucalyptus reality. Source: www.truth-out.org Continue reading

Originally posted on The Dish: Tom Stafford considers what a woman who was born without a cerebellum — and lived a largely typical life — reveals about neuroscience: This case points to a sad fact about brain science. We don’t often… Continue reading

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On today’s podcast I sit down with philosopher Tam Hunt to talk about Panpsychism, a school of thought that tries to collect science and spirituality together and find a common ground… Mr. Hunt lives in Santa Barbara and runs Community Renewable Solutions… Continue reading

Originally posted on The Dish: Many atheists are surely passing around this post. One writes: Dear Andrew (welcome back!), Chris et al: What jumped out at me in the chart accompanying your post is that the ONLY group of Americans in… Continue reading

https://www.youtube.com/v/UepDy0-H8jc?fs=1&hl=fr_FR FULL EPISODE : The Unsinkable Legend: Part 1 it’s like jimmy hanging out with his favorite uncle. Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee | Season 5 Episode 7 | Jimmy Fallon Comedians in Cars Getting… Source: www.youtube.com LOL Continue reading

Goldstein is a novelist and a teacher of philosophy… [who] has written a love letter to Plato, whom she regards as having given us philosophy. He is, in her view, as relevant today as he ever was — which is… Continue reading

Less organized than a sport and more profound than a voyage, a long walk, Gros suggests, allows us to commune with the sublime. Source: www.nytimes.com Less organized than a sport and more profound than a voyage, a long walk, Gros… Continue reading

“ Researchers used techniques from genetics to explain culture.” Source: uk.businessinsider.com Extremely interesting Continue reading

Freese Coffee Co. have put together an interactive diagram, For Better Coffee, listing 5 tips for making great coffee.  Follow the bean through sourcing, grinding, measurements, and brew times for the perfect cup of coffee.  There have been a lot… Source:… Continue reading

To help the zero-g coffee aficionado, Portland State University’s (PSU) Maseeh College of Engineering and Computer Science has developed a microgravity espresso cup that drinks like its earthbound… Source: www.gizmag.com Perfect espresso anywhere.  Continue reading

Image via http://chronoperates.deviantart.com/art/Art-Nouveau-Peacock-272202614 I.“A Sufi legend, likely of Persian origin, suggests that god created spirit in the form of a peacock. Source: symbolreader.net Continue reading

Recent remarks from Treasury Secretary Jack Lew help shed light on a troubling phenomenon Source: www.salon.com this should not be a surprise   Continue reading

by Michelle Dean The news about humanity is never very good when it comes from Reddit, is it? Today’s contribution comes via an editorial at WIRED. Its authors, Elena Glassman, Neha Narula and Jean… Source: dish.andrewsullivan.com It does matter  Continue reading

by Phoebe Maltz Bovy I can’t stop thinking about Vanessa Vitiello Urquhart’s essay identifying with macho or misogynistic male authors and protagonists: I’d always understood I was a she, and I nev… Source: dish.andrewsullivan.com The protagonist’s gaze Continue reading