Robert Gaskin’s poem “HAIKU ARE LIKE TROLLIES”: Wandering in mist Reaching out to soft sunlight Blue-scaled dragons pause. Moon low over sea Glimpse of discarded cocoon Small fish swimming idly. Prehistoric Digital Poetry an Archaeology of Forms, by Chris T. Funkhouser, The University of Alabama Press, 2007, pp. 58–59. John Read more…
“ “More than 150 elders from five northern Alberta First Nations have contributed to a new tool designed to preserve Cree words and phrases. The free app, KTCEA Elders Speak, is a product of the Kee Tas Kee Now Tribal Council Education Authority, which oversees six schools within five northern Read more…
Japan’s rapidly declining population is well-documented. There are a number of different people and groups in Japan have different opinions as to the reasons for it. Some male conservative politicians have stated that Japanese women are not doing their duty to the country and need to have more children. Finance Read more…
The New York Times opinion article “War and Analogy” discusses how different U.S leaders used different analogies to described the situation in Kosovo in the late 1990’s The op-ed also notes that the politicians used the analogies to argue for a particular kind of response by the United States government. Read more…
May 2020 Theory of Knowledge (TOK) Essay Prescribed Title #5 is focused on the extent to which a single theory is enough to understand the world. The Japanese TV series Crayon Shinchan seems fairly superficial at first glance but there are a number of theories than can be used to Read more…
The “what is” and “why” parts of the first sentence of May 2020 Prescribed Title #1 is focused on observation and explanation. In The Handmaid’s Tale, Margaret Atwood addresses these two questions. Her novel looks at a number of issues including the following: The mistreatment of women How authoritarian governments Read more…