Jul 15, 2012
TOLERANCE OF MINORITIES IN ISRAEL
Tolerance of Minorities in Israel The case of Circassians For some reason or other, I thought about the Circassians this morning while at the Blue House among the Indians I…
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Jul 15, 2012
AN INDIAN JEW SAYS GOOD BYE TO HIS OLDER INDIAN BROTHER
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE AN INDIAN JEW SAYS GOODBYE TO HIS OLDER INDIAN BROTHER When I was adopted into an Indian family, C, a brother began…
Jul 15, 2012
CONTEXT, BREAST CANCER, ARROGANCE, MINA AND MALAYSIA
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE Don't be arrogant, because arrogance kills curiosity and passion.” Recently I had been thinking about CONTEXT, in a phenomenological sense, but never…
Jul 15, 2012
THE FRENCH AND THE HAMBURGER
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE The French and the Hamburger The French are concerned that they have become the SECOND largest consumers of Hamburgers in the European…
Jul 15, 2012
PITY OR COMPASSION: WHICH CONTRIBUTES TO YOUR HAPPINESS
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE COMPASSION OR PITY: WHICH CONTRIBUTES TO YOUR HAPPINESS I overheard someone say: If only we gave the children of African Migrants an…
Jul 15, 2012
PHILOSOPHICAL ANTHROPOLOGY : MIKHAIL BAKHTIN ET MAURICE MERLEAU-PONTY
Normal 0 false false false false EN-US JA X-NONE PHILSOPHICAL ANTHROPOLOGY BAKHTIN MERLEAU-PONTY Like many of us, I can clearly recall a turning point in my life. Soon after graduation…
Jul 15, 2012
SOME GOOD NEWS FROM IRAN
Some Good News about Iran These days, one hardly hears anything good from Iran. Just yesterday USA tightened the sanctions against Iran, banning certain people and companies including some tanker…
Jul 15, 2012
CHILDHOOD OBESITY IN AUSTRALIA
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE It truly saddened my heart to read this news item from The Age in Melbourne, Australia VICTORIAN welfare authorities have begun using…
Jun 15, 2012
VISIBLE TOUCH WITH LAKOTA HISTORY
How often can you meet a memorable man who is a grandson of a famous Lakota who was born in 1822? 1908 Average Height 5 foot 7 inches, Average Weight…
Jun 15, 2012
HEALING CEREMONY
I have been praying for three consecutive nights and also tomorrow, making it four, for the health of a person close to the two people that I love in Paris,…
Jun 15, 2012
INCONGRUITIES OF LIFE IN LA HABANA, CUBA
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE MY LIFE IN HAVANA, CUBA The Incongruities of Living and Experiencing Havana : At terminal 2 of the Jose Marti International Airports…
Jun 15, 2012
LIMINALITY: AN ANTHROPOLOGIST BETWEEN CUBA AND LOS INDIOS
THE MIRAGE OF YOUR FOOTPRINT In the course of one week I have gone through several geographical and emotional changes: my intense life in La Habana to the affections of…