Quasi means sharing similar attributes even though at the outset any similarity was not intended. A smart phone is a quasi totalitarian device, meaning its primary role is to accomplish a totality of functions for the user. Functions that were previously segregated in...

As a lifelong researcher of comparative religion and mythology, I can’t help write about the similarities between President Emmanuel Macron and the main character in the myth Oedipus. His personal life and his rise to power reveal many traits akin to Sophocles’...

We’re at the 10th installment of Superman movies. Keep in mind that the 7th version was entitled Batman vs Superman: Dawn of Justice. In it Superman shares the screen with another superhero to revive his decreasing popularity. As it happens, Batman movies have...

Internet Archive: Cory Doctorow When the tech platforms promised a future of "connection," they were lying. They said their "walled gardens" would keep us safe, but those were prison walls. The platforms locked us into their systems and made us easy pickings, ripe for...

I'm running through the fields Laughing, dreaming I'm driving through the mountains Breathing a new life. I don't mind what people say No, I won't look back for another day Gonna shed my skin and walk away (walk away). I'm floating through the river Twisting and...

I missed an important quote Giorgio Agamben made when I first read his book entitled When the House Burns Down. I recently picked up the book again and read the notes I made during my first reading. I had overlooked Agamben quoting John 18:37. “So, then you are a...

The late Pope Francis was the first Jesuit to be elected at the head of the Holy See. An order founded by Ignatius of Loyola in ~1534 during the Protestant Reformation. Pope Francis was also the first Latin American to be elected Pope. A look at a current list of...

By Andrey Feldman, Advance Science News A new theory proposes gravity isn’t a fundamental force but emerges from quantum electromagnetic interactions, potentially reshaping our view of spacetime itself. A fresh look at gravity challenges long-held assumptions about...

In his book “Weaving the Web: The Original Design and Ultimate Destiny of the World Wide Web” Tim Berners-Lee explains that his creation was meant to be a universal tool for everybody. His book was published in 1999, prior to the advent of Google. A search engine that...

by Henry de Lesquen, Reseau International «Zoroaster, while throwing himself passionately into the evidence of monotheism, did not want to lose the distinction between functions of mystical sovereignty, of fighting power and of fertility. (…) Sacrificing his myths, he...

In God of the Fathers I explain that among God's oldest appellatives in the Pentateuch/Old Testament (OT) is God sharing his power/might with his chosen individuals and of divine living presence; YHWH ‒ I Am. God shares his power with patriarchs, prophets and people...