The closing symphony was by Prokofiev. The music was expertly performed, and it was clear by the end of the piece that the musicians were…
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Just got back from the Richly Russian program performed by the Symphony Silicon Valley — that’s the reason this blog entry is on the 21st…
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(Since I seem to be musing about honesty recently… a short college paper written in 1999 for a primate anthropology class. Enjoy!) A current ‘hot’…
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Now that I think about it, I realize there was a constant emphasis of the Pharaoh — a symbol of rightness and order? — triumphing…
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For my birthday in October, my wonderful housemate took me to see the display on King Tutankhamen at the DeYoung Museum in San Francisco. It…
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This month’s Firestarter is a (badly needed) review and reflection on How Do We Keep Honesty? I figured since February is traditionally a month for…
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(Originally written some time in 1999 for an Independent Study anthropology class on various seminal works in the field) Roland Barthes’ exploration of the mythologizing…
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Well, after giving it the old college try, I think posting former papers from college in this format is way too much bother! If I…
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Possible Solutions It is a simple but appealing answer to say all that needs to be done to solve the problems delineated and explored above…
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In yet another essay which discusses violence against women, Kumar notes that it is the deliberately poor definition of what constitutes rape and wife-beating that…
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