“Things Fall Apart”: 50 Year Anniversary

Well, I can guess. I think what it is — I suspect, from some of the things readers from abroad say to me, that they find something in this book which resonates with their own history, people in different places.
An example is a school, a class in a women’s college in Korea. This whole class [...]

Childhood Obesity Plateaus

The stunning three-decade rise in childhood obesity that prompted the government to declare an “epidemic” of fat appears to have leveled off, although the rate is still more than three times higher than in the 1970s, researchers reported Tuesday.
The most recent study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Assn., showed that 16.3% of [...]

The Insane Cuba Emargo

Raul Castro, pictured.
By Eugene Robinson
“For nearly five decades, the United States has pursued a policy toward Cuba that could be described as incredibly stupid.
“It could also be called childish, irresponsible and counterproductive — and, since the demise of the Soviet Union, even insane. Absent the threat of communist expansionism, the refusal by successive American [...]

Louis Farrakhan: The Value of the Female

“What is the nature of the woman and what is the nature of the man? The Holy Qur’an says, “Men are the maintainers of women.” It is the natural role of a man to work hard and produce what is necessary to maintain a woman and the children that are produced from that woman. As [...]