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| December 31, 2011

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Changing face of the modern family unit

| December 31, 2011

KITTY HOLLAND ATTITUDES TO FAMILY STUDY: WOMEN WILL continue to delay having families at the best time for their health and fertility unless policies enabling men to play a greater role in child-rearing are introduced, according to a major study. The Family Support Agency-funded study Attitudes to Family Formation in Irelandwas published by Minister for [...]

UI Theater Department stages modern Hamlet

| December 30, 2011

UI Theater Department stages modern Hamlet BY JULIA JESSEN | DECEMBER 01, 2011 7:20 AM The University of Iowa Theatre Departments production of A Hamlet will surprise Shakespeare lovers who are more familiar with Hamlet clad in tights and clutching a skull. Its kind of a contemporary Hamlet, said Lauren Brickman, who plays Gertrude in [...]

In defense of opting out

| December 30, 2011

Last Tuesday, I became an instant fan of Adam Frank — an astrophysicist at the University of Rochester — after hearing his commentary on NPR. (That is he to your right) Titled “Pepper-Spraying The Holidays: Time And The Ethic Of Consumption,” it begins by reminding us — my words — how sick we are to [...]

Helen Zille and Godwin’s Law

| December 29, 2011

A humorous theory called Godwins Law suggests that the longer an online discussion continues, the greater the probability that someone will invoke a comparison that involves Hitler or the Nazis. The observation expresses a truth that in modern culture in the almost 70 years since World War II, analogies based on Hitlers regime have become [...]

Kids Online: the Risks and the Realities

| December 28, 2011

The Internet seems like another member of the family sometimes. It lives in our home and follows us wherever we go, it vies for our attention, and it entertains us. The habits we fall into around our online lives has a profound effect on our family relationships, especially when it comes to parents and kids. [...]

Nick Benton’s Gay Science, No. 61: The Case for the Gay Promethean Archetype

| December 27, 2011

The novel discovery made over the course of these installments is that the archetype identifying the proper role of gay people in history smashes modern cultures straight-jacketed, commonly-accepted dualism of Apollonian (law abiding) versus Dionysian (law breaking) with a third way. The third way is Promethean, the notion of those with heightened empathy and compassion [...]

Tierney’s spouse testifies in gambling case

| December 26, 2011

Essdras M Suarez/Globe staff. Patrice Tierney, wife of US Representative John Tierney, testified today in her brothers gambling trial. She is seen here in a photo from January.

Keeping the family together through new media

| December 25, 2011

Keeping the family together through new media Posted on 22/11/2011University of Leicester Imagine a life in which you have to live away from your children, maybe for several years. Ask yourself how you could keep the ties close between you, watch them growing up, and continue to be a daily part of their lives. This [...]

Christmas symbols bear multiple interpretations

| December 25, 2011

The stories behind simple Christmas symbols are anything but. Consider the candy cane. Its red and white stripes might signify the sacrifice and purity of Jesus, or theyre a 19th-century candy-makers twist intended to dazzle his grandchildren. Both stories are alive and well on the Internet. Is Santa Claus the imagined incarnation of a fourth-century [...]