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I Can’t Believe It IS Butter: Norway’s Yuletide Crisis
The Norwegian butter crisis provides both a relief and a nuisance in the holiday season.
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Raking Leaves: Winter Is Coming to the Pursuit of Happiness
The human desire to control behavior applies as much to leaves as to politics – and may be getting worse.
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Signs of the Times: Public Artworks as Progressive Lenses on the United States
A sculpture memorial to America’s history shapes, and is shaped by, the perspective of current events.
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Overlooked Philadelphia: A Scandinavian Figure in Public Art
An often overlooked Viking turns an exploratory eye on Philadelphia, past and present.
Economy & Finance
I Can’t Believe It IS Butter: Norway’s Yuletide Crisis
The Norwegian butter crisis provides both a relief and a nuisance in the holiday season.
Religion & Spirituality
In the Midst of Life: Condolences and Strong Thoughts for Norway
Deep sorrow at this weekend’s events in Norway sparks recollection of the multicultural nature of the encounter of nations.
Anthropology
I Can’t Believe It IS Butter: Norway’s Yuletide Crisis
The Norwegian butter crisis provides both a relief and a nuisance in the holiday season.
Raking Leaves: Winter Is Coming to the Pursuit of Happiness
The human desire to control behavior applies as much to leaves as to politics – and may be getting worse.
In the Midst of Life: Condolences and Strong Thoughts for Norway
Deep sorrow at this weekend’s events in Norway sparks recollection of the multicultural nature of the encounter of nations.
Environment & Nature
Raking Leaves: Winter Is Coming to the Pursuit of Happiness
The human desire to control behavior applies as much to leaves as to politics – and may be getting worse.
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Holidays
I Can’t Believe It IS Butter: Norway’s Yuletide Crisis
The Norwegian butter crisis provides both a relief and a nuisance in the holiday season.
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Humor
Babel but for a Question: The Hazards of Assumption
When I taught communications, I regularly emphasized the model of “sender-channel-receiver” for passage of information. At any point along that line, the message (the information) can go astray. The sender has an intention that may not be conveyed cl
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Politics & Social Issues
I Can’t Believe It IS Butter: Norway’s Yuletide Crisis
The Norwegian butter crisis provides both a relief and a nuisance in the holiday season.
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Technology
Midsummer Media: “Taking the Piss” on Cassandra Metaphors
Small-town news from Norway provides summer relief from the usual media.