Culture

Art 02/08/19, 11:53

Van Dyck: The Anatomy of Portraiture exhibited at the Frick Collection in New York in 2016, and was the first and largest portrait exhibition in the United States in 20 years. Approximately 100 works of art were put on display, including oil paintings, prints, and sketches, showcasing groundbreaking 17th century ...

Culture 02/08/19, 11:36

After being taken as a prisoner of war, first he lost track of his family, and then he received word that his wife and children were dead. His life lost all meaning and everything seemed hopeless. That was until a miracle of fate brought him happiness again. During World War ...

Culture 02/06/19, 19:42

Remember the old acronym WWJD? It stood for “What Would Jesus Do?” and was adapted to any number of public figures, one of whom was the late Senator Paul Wellstone (WWWD). I’d like to propose a new acronym in the same vein: WWCW. Yes, WWCW does translate to "What Would Chesterton ...

Culture 02/06/19, 12:39

The music student entered the practice room. On the piano lay a brand new musical score, extremely difficult to play ... The student picked up the music with trepidation and looked back and forth across the page, mumbling each note softly to himself. He felt his dream of becoming a pianist ...

Culture 02/05/19, 11:33

Do you know that according to the Chinese zodiac, 2019 is the year of the Pig? This animal symbolizes the Chinese New Year 2019, a period lasting from February 5 to January 24, 2020. According to the traditional Chinese calendar that based on the lunar cycles, this year would be ...

Culture 02/05/19, 02:10

Working for an online publication naturally brings a lot of feedback from those in the trenches. These reports are fascinating, for they give a snippet view of what real families in every day America are experiencing. One such piece of recent feedback came in the form of the photo below, which ...

Art 02/05/19, 02:06

None of us are strangers to exhaustion. There are some days where your efforts seem futile and you lose your sense of perspective. Life is full of suffering, this we acknowledge. But during times of difficulty, just remind yourself: “That which does not destroy us makes us stronger.” – Friedrich ...

Legend 02/04/19, 03:42

Recently, an enigmatic flower has been spotted in different parts of the world, awakening everyone’s curiosity on what wonders it might be prophesizing. The flower that has been enchanting the world is the mystical Udumbara flower. These delicate white flowers are as small as 3 millimeters and can bloom on any ...

Culture 02/04/19, 03:27

The Russian pianist Maria Yudina once said: "Musick has Charms to sooth a savage Breast." These words hold true when it comes to the talented pianist herself, who melted the heart of one of history’s most infamous dictators. Born in 1899, Maria was a Russian pianist trained at the Petrograd ...

Legend 02/03/19, 09:19

In the Res Gestae Divi Augustus (‘The Deeds of the Divine Augustus’), Augustus demonstrates his piety by stating that he was a member of all four major priesthoods in Rome – the Pontifices, Augures, Quindecemviri and Septemviri. There was, however, one Roman religious college that was off-limits to men, even to the ...

Culture 02/02/19, 11:59

One day, as Buddha was walking through a village, a very angry and rude man suddenly approached him and began insulting him. "You have no right to teach others," he shouted. "You're just as stupid as everybody else. You're nothing more than a sham." Buddha was not upset by these insults. Instead, ...

Art 02/02/19, 00:50

Continued from Part 1, The Childhood of a Musical Prodigy: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) The premier of the first opera In December of 1770, soon after  Mozart had turned 14, his impressive first opera premiered in Milan. The musician himself played the clavier, conducted the orchestra, and staged the opera all ...

Culture 01/31/19, 21:20

In “Back To Discipline: Disparate Impact Reflects Disparate Reality”, Heather MacDonald applauds the Federal Commission on School Safety’s repudiation “of disparate-impact analysis.” She writes: Disparate-impact analysis holds that if a facially-neutral policy negatively affects blacks and Hispanics at a higher rate than whites and Asians, it is discriminatory. Noticing the behavioral ...

Culture 01/30/19, 22:55

Abandoning greed and cultivating virtue are the keys to every good person’s growth, but did you know that things can be obtained even when you are not actively pursuing them? An ancient Chinese text says, "Good people preserve what they have, and do not pursue what they are not supposed to ...

Culture 01/30/19, 06:35

There was an age difference of just 14 years between the Buddha and Confucius, who shared a huge number of philosophical ideas. Tang Xianzu and Shakespeare died in the same year. As father and son duo Li Yuan and Li Shimin built the Tang dynasty, the Arab Empire was as ...

Culture 01/29/19, 22:17

Washington and Lincoln are two of the greatest presidents in US History. One is the founding father, the savior of the country, who led America from being a colony to an independent country. And the other is the man who elevated the US to a new level of accomplishment, eliminated ...

Culture 01/29/19, 07:09

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born on January 27, 1765, in Salzburg, a city near the Alps in the Northwest of Austria. Mozart grew up surrounded by picturesque landscapes, majestic mountains and rivers, great folk dances and folk music traditions. Salzburg is an ancient city, historically ruled by aristocrats. Lofty churches ...

Culture 01/28/19, 21:49

The old Chinese saying “appearances arise from the mind” can teach us a lot about ourselves. It is used as a warning, and it explains how appearances can change depending on our state of mind.   The following story can explain its meaning: One day, a young man called Su Dongpo, a ...

Culture 01/28/19, 06:17

Within Japanese culture, there is an indisputable connection between school life and family life, perhaps more so than in any other culture. The education received in daily life is often deemed as equally important to academic achievement. This is perhaps why a deep responsibility is put on the shoulders of ...

Beyond science 01/27/19, 11:42

Reincarnation is rebirth. Being born again implies transition from life to death and back again; a continuous cycle. According to both Eastern and Western religions, a human being consists of two parts; body and soul. After death, the soul escapes the body and is born into a new body, a ...