Happy Birthday, Darwin!
Sean MurphyPRINCETON, NJ -- On the eve of 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin's birth, a new Gallup Poll shows that only 39% of Americans say they "believe in the theory of…
“When I’m 64…”
Bob Marley was born February 6, 1945, which means he would be turning 64 today. This summer in a series for Popmatters.com, I chose what I consider five reggae albums…
Didactics
First rule of the Internet: The Internet rules. Second rule of the Internet....you get the picture. The Internet wins. The Internet always wins. That's what it does; that's all it…
Beyond Good and Evil or, The God that Failed
Millard Fuller, the founder of Habitat for Humanity, has passed away. Obit from Washington Post here. His story, self-made millionaire who gives away his money to the needy and actually…
Send in the clowns
What happens when you've jumped the shark and thrown up everything and the kitchen sink? Call a plumber, of course. Joe the Plumber advises GOP-ers. No, really. The more I look…
The Day the Music Died
Fifty years. The loss of three rock and roll pioneers inspired one of the great rock songs, courtesy of Don McLean. Not sure what more can or should be said.…
Ars Moriendi
Or, the art of dying. Of course, a treatise like this made a great deal of sense in the 15th Century, while memories of the Black Death still lingered in…
48 years ago, today
On Feb. 1, 1960, four black college students began a sit-in protest at a lunch counter in Greensboro, N.C., where they'd been refused service.
For Borowski, Messiaen and the millions they spoke for…
Courtesy of Andrew Sullivan comes the link to this lengthy piece by Christopher Buckley, concerning his visit to Auschwitz, here. The entire piece is not easy or pleasurable reading, owing…
OK, now I’m scared…
Bad new abounds. Financial companies? Publishing houses? Newspapers? Magazines? Consumer electronics corporations? Manufacturers? Detroit automotive? Et cetera... Whatever. But when you read something like this, it catches your attention. Starbucks…