It’s baseball season! Bill Murray throws the first pitch at Wrigley Field. Courtesy of The Atlantic Wire.
So what exactly is public relations? It seems like that is a question professionals have been trying to answer for nearly 100 years. An effort by industry professionals aptly titled Public Relations Defined has attempted to do just that. Some feel they may have missed […]
I enjoyed this article in this weekend’s New York Times about the influence of books and ideas inside Washington. As the article states, books still matter in shaping ideas. The article, written by Emily Parker, senior fellow and digital diplomacy adviser at the New America […]
A rare exhibit of Leonardo da Vinci’s work is on display at the U.K. National Gallery in London. The show is sold out. However, beginning February 16, movie theaters around the world will be presenting an HD satellite-delivered presentation of the exhibit, “Leonardo da Vinci: […]
The world has lost a true visionary. You may find a wonderful tribute to Steve Jobs over at Apple Insider. Jobs indeed left a legacy of “applied technology that shifted the course of human progress in dramatic ways.” He wasn’t just a programmer, or simply […]
Like most avid readers I’m sure, I like to visit the homes of famous authors. But as April Bernard asks in this piece titled “Here’s What I Hate About Writer’s Houses” from the New York Review of Books, just what are we looking for? “Here’s […]
For $2.5 million you can own Norman Mailer’s last home, his apartment in Brooklyn Heights. Mr. Mailer died in 2007, but since that time his apartment has remained as it was when he lived there. From the New York Times: “Now Michael and his eight […]
Some fascinating new research has surfaced as the how language first developed and evolved. According to a recent article published in Nature, language has not developed on a linear path like scholars have always thought. From the story in Wired: “It’s widely thought that human […]
This video touches me every time I view it. Taken from a documentary called Playing for Change: Peace Through Music, musicians from around the world play together on a rendition of Bob Marley’s classic call for world peace, One Love.
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