01/21/2014
Category: Pertinent & Impertinent
The big ideas on the small, the not-so-small, and the everyday.
12/23/2013
Year In, Year Out
As we ring in 2014, let’s assess our feelings: Are you grieving for the old, preparing for rebirth, or just feeling pretty average?
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12/06/2013
The Philosophy of Death
Miguel de Unamuno was a man of contradictions. He saw tragedy and death in life, and that was why he loved it.
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10/24/2013
The Glory of the Garden
James van Sweden wasn’t just a landscaper; he was a landscaping artist. In gardening, he preferred a holistic experience — but Americans disagreed.
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09/25/2013
All the Time in the World
A passion for clocks
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09/05/2013
The Other Sea
Balboa's power as a leader
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08/22/2013
World without Borders
What if boundaries as we know them disappeared?
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07/25/2013
Give Up the Ghost
What was behind the sudden boom of apparitions in late 19th century America?
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07/01/2013
Exciting Events
Bill Traylor painted scenes of modern life from memory. Today, those memories are slowly disappearing.
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06/12/2013