The regular monthly meeting of the Greater Kansas City Black History Study Group is scheduled for St. Mary’s Episcopal Church in Kansas City, Monday, April…
By Cathy O’Neil What if humans could upload all the great classics of literature to their brains, without having to go through the arduous…
From Avatar to The Wizard of Oz, Aristotle to Shakespeare, there’s one clear form that dramatic storytelling has followed since its inception. A ship…
David Barnett To the author who has quit after two novels didn’t make it to print, I recommend getting a lot better at dealing…
by Helen Pluckrose Post modernism presents a threat not only to liberal democracy but to modernity itself. That may sound like a bold or even hyperbolic…
By HANS KÜNG TÜBINGEN, Germany THE Arab Spring has shaken a whole series of autocratic regimes. With the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI, might…
By TONY SCHWARTZ NOV. 28, 2015 ONE evening early this summer, I opened a book and found myself reading the same paragraph over and…
Generations ago their ancestors were sold into slavery, now some Americans of African descent are choosing to return to the lands of their forefathers.…
By Masego Madzwamuse | November 23rd, 2015 We sat down for a drink and to catch-up on work. We argued and discussed different projects…
By Francis B. Nyamnjoh Michael Sam-Nuvala Fonkem was born 28 January 1953. He passed away on Thursday 8 October 2015. Fonkem was an accomplished…