Arts & Humanities
Discussions of the quality craftsmanship or practice of trade, expressions of beauty and appeal, and the study of the human arts. From classic theater to Greek philosophy. Debate on great literature, talks of museums holding the collected works of the greatest artists, and analysis of the great moments of history. All can be found in the Arts & Humanities channel.
Why moral relativism is wrong
by Jishi Santos
Expansion of the imagination and mind has always met a brick wall when it meets conformity.
'Moral' means concerned with right and wrong conduct. 'Relativism' means holding a view that ethical truths depend on the individuals and groups, or a theory that knowledge is relative to the limited nature of the mind and the conditions of knowing. So a layman may deduce that this complex definition means nothing
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Big Bang
Considering the depth which theoretical scientists must often explore in their efforts to gain that deeper
Big Man
At some point in every child's life, if he has the capacity to reason and think, he begins to wonder
Ancient History
- The sacking of Troy during the Trojan War
- Ancient Sparta according to the Greeks
- The History of the temple of Saturn in Rome
- Who were the Ionians?
- Ancient Rome: The character of Marcus Licinius Crassus
- History and culture of the Moche people of Peru
- The history of Egyptian philosophy
Horror, Mystery & Suspense
- Book reviews: The Haunted Heiress of Windcliffe Manor, by Beverley C. Warren
- Short story reviews: The Man in the Black Suit, by Steven King
- Book reviews: Goodbye Dearest Holly, by Kevin Wells
- Book reviews: The Reapers, by John Connolly
- Book reviews: Hunting Fear, by Kay Hooper
- Book reviews: A Crime of Passion, by Stanley Loomis
- Book reviews: Shadowfires, by Dean Koontz
Languages (Other)
- The formation of the plural in Italian
- An overview of Brahvi language
- Simple ways to improve your vocabulary
- Foreign languages proficiency testing
- How to pronounce Hawaiian words
- What is Esperanto
- Jargon: A new language?
Museums & Galleries (Other)
by Pamela Kay
Modern society is damaging to our souls because it feeds our egos, while the rest of our being is left to starve. It goads us to reach
Children's literature is often glanced over as a genre; it seems that it's not taken as seriously as adult literature. But try to publish
by G.K. Dickey
At 5 or 6 years old with a pencil and pad and a beat-up Funk & Wagnalls dictionary, I would go through the dictionary, one page
by Glory Lennon
Though you worked for hours, perhaps days, on that article for Helium you simply can't understand why it sank and stayed at the bottom
Writing Assignments
- Middle Ages
- Book Reviews: The Age of the Vikings by P. H. Sawyer
- Book Reviews: The Book of Memory: A Study of Memory in Medieval Culture by Mary Carruthers
- Arts & Humanities (Other)
- Book reviews: The Victorian Visitors, by Rupert Christiansen
- Book reviews: Montana, by Debbie Macombe
- Theater & Drama
- 17th Century French actors
- Show the kids: Children's theater in Connecticut
- Evaluating the Palace Theater, Syracuse, NY
- Enjoying Boston's Berklee Performance Center
- The last of America's drive-in theaters
- Shakespeare in modern day South Africa
- Theater reviews: Matthew Modine Saves the Alpacas, at the Geffen Playhouse, LA
- History Mysteries
- History mystery: Mysteries of Mount Shasta
- History mystery: Michigan's ancient copper mines
- History mystery: Tunguska explosion of 1908
- History mystery: Rudolf Hess' strange journey to England
- History mystery: New Zealand's Kaimanawa Wall
- History mystery: Underwater structures at Moselles Shoals
- History mystery: The submerged walls of the Pescadores Islands
- History (Other)
- Touring historical sites: American Civil War battlefields
- History for Kids: The Guy Fox Educational Program
- Wars in which paramilitary forces played a prominent role
- The Danish Laws of Standing in 1871
- The history of the Evenk people of Siberia
- The history of the Altaic people of Siberia
- A history of the Tungu people of Siberia
- History of Bogota, Colombia
- Clothing: Native American peoples of the northwest coast
- The World Wars
- Book reviews: Hitler's Scientists, by John Cornwell
- Looking at the hidden connection between Zionism, Naziism and the holocaust
- World War II in Alaska: Foreign elements
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- Business of Writing (Other)
- Does selling used textbooks hurt authors and publishers?
- Should faculty sell complementary copies to book resellers?
- Are used textbooks the solution to the high cost of textbooks?
- Which is better for writers: Finding a print or online publisher?
- Ethics
- Do German reparations as restitution for the Holocaust place a burden on the wrong generation?
- Is taking the easy way out cowardly or smart?
