Reading challenging passages of old-fashioned literature and poetry “light up” your brain more than reading the same concepts translated into…
1 Comment
For many of us, a new year brings lots of resolutions and hope for personal change in those early days…
No Comments
by Christine B. Whelan
I love Mondays.
I’m slightly ashamed to admit it, but on Monday…
No Comments
Recently my husband and I had dinner with two of my former students–one of whom has a job after graduate…
3 Comments
A few weeks ago, my sixteen-month-old daughter received a “super star award” upon completion of her Gymkhana toddler gym class.…
1 Comment
It started when I was single and living in New York City. Alone. I read it before bed, wide-eyed at…
No Comments
I’d never heard of Cheryl Strayed, a.k.a. Sugar, before I read this weekend’s piece in The Atlantic.com, but anyone described…
No Comments
In The New Statesman this week author and journalist Steven Poole argues that practical applications of brain research—from popular books…
No Comments
As the author of Slate’s “Dear Prudence” column, Emily Yoffe deals with moral dilemmas and human failings on a daily basis.…
No Comments
OK, I’ll come out and say it: I hate video games.
Maybe it’s because I’m terrible at them. When…
No Comments
When Angelina Jolie underwent a preventative…
CONTINUE READING >
Dr. Mehmet Oz has some cautionary…
CONTINUE READING >
A viral video showing Buddhist monks…
CONTINUE READING >
When a Christian foundation interviewed college…
CONTINUE READING >
“That is the way to learn…
CONTINUE READING >What is Pop Culture? What is High Culture? acculturated.com/2013/05/08/wha… … via @Acculturated Must read!
about 7 hours agoWatching the #NBAFinals? Read my review of the cultural implications of these two teams acculturated.com/2013/06/18/the… @Acculturated #Heat #Spurs
about 7 hours agoThese pageants and tv shows about pageants continue to be a financial boon at the expense of female dignity. acculturated.com/2013/06/18/dis… #tcot
about 12 hours agoMiss Utah was asked about women in the workforce & she fumbled. But the real disgrace is the pageants, themselves --> acculturated.com/2013/06/18/dis…
about 12 hours agoEmily Esfahani Smith is associate editor of The New Criterion and managing editor…
READ MORE >