Music and Politics
Jerome Camal, French by birth, is an Assistant at Washington University in Saint Louis in Jazz Studies, Logic of Music, and Logic of Ethnic Music. But he is also a saxophonist who is not satisfied with living off academic pursuits and does not want to be called by the...
Will there be income in retirement? Ordinary Americans ask
There are times when the pressure of providing 24-hour financial news coverage causes a story to sensationalize when a calmer, more factual approach would be in viewers’ best interest. The most recent example is the downgrade of the US bond rating from triple “A” to “double A plus” by...
Porn Addiction: The Inside Secret A Christian Wife Can Follow To Help Her Marriage
For many years my husband battled the bad habit of pornography. Did it affect our marriage? Absolutely! Did it make a deep hole in my heart? Yes. Did I blame myself for my husband’s pornography habit? Yes. I struggled with many emotions in the midst of my husband’s addiction...
incubi and succubi mythology
The details of an incubus/succubus’s attacks range from mild to hideous. Victims usually claim to feel the presence of some entity above them, making it difficult for them to breathe. In extreme cases, the individual may feel suffocated… even strangled. Others claim to have seen horrifying images, including black...
Why Yii is considered one of the fastest PHP frameworks
Most of the web developers today use PHP frameworks to quickly build web applications based on various business requirements. The features and tools provided by the PHP framework make it easy for developers to add functionality to web applications and complete web development tasks without writing additional code. Web...
Why do we study history?
Let us suppose for a moment that the Filipino people exist as a homogeneous body and the life of that body is reflected in their history. Thus, the educator of that history tells us that the reason why we should study history is: to understand the present and prepare...
gayism and lesbianism
It is an accepted practice in some parts of the world and prohibited in other parts. I analyzed that the people who practice it were not born that way, but rather acquired it due to some circumstances that occurred in their lives. Some people say they were born gay,...
Loneliness: practice detachment and master it
Isn’t it amazing how a song can capture exactly What you feel? It can even sum up an entire ‘season’ of your life. You love hearing the song every time it’s played and you’ll even go out and buy yourself a copy. Years later you listen to the song...
by Coldplay "live life": The meaning of the masterpiece
If I could name a single song that best exemplifies Coldplay’s greatness, it would be “Viva La Vida.” Musically, it was unlike anything they had done before, lushly orchestrated, hardly a rock song at all. But the musical power is evident. And the lyrics were easily the best they...
Artists and Animators: Dreamers, Designers, Developers, and Entrepreneurs
When it comes to art and entertainment, it’s amazing how much notoriety we give certain works today when the people who produce them may have been barely known in their own time. We all know this phenomenon, where an artist, a dream, a designer has died penniless to his...