Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht states Immanuel Kant's concept of Beauty is useful when applied to the world of sports, and that such Beauty approaches the sacred.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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George Sarrinikolaou was born in Greece and now lives in New York. He can pass for a Greek, but still feels like an outsider there
Journalist Greg Critser tells Jim Fleming that Americans never learn moderate food habits. We must accept responsibility for our own caloric intake and expenditure.
It has depended on thermal energy for centuries. Thanks to its hot springs, Iceland is 80 percent independent from fossil fuels.
Ghita Schwarz wrote about "A Case of Boredom" for the February issue of "The Believer" magazine.
Holly Black tells Anne Strainchamps what she thinks children get out of reading about magic or alternative realities.
Hank Klibanoff and Gene Roberts are the co-authors of "The Race Beat: The Press, The Civil Rights Struggle, and the Awakening of a Nation."
Historian and author Graham Robb tells Steve Paulson that there was a great deal of tolerance for homosexuals in the 19th century, as long as they were discreet.
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