Mayan End Times, Road Movies and Ramblin’ Songs
December 15th, 2012 | by msalt
The predicted Mayan doomsday fits snugly into our recurring fascination with predicted apocalypses, usually from cultish preachers who rashly declare [&hellip
Browsing the "Cultures" Category
the daunting silence of a modern hermitage
December 13th, 2012 | by msalt
Franciscan monks just opened a new hermitage — a silent, reclusive retreat — on 40 acres hidden in the middle [&hellip
Drunken Kung Fu
December 11th, 2012 | by msalt
Jackie Chan played it for laughs in his breakout hit “Drunken Master” (1978) but it’s a real cultural tradition that [&hellip
Humility? No, Thanks.
December 1st, 2012 | by msalt
Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday, for reasons that Jon Carroll explains well. But America has lost sight of the holiday’s [&hellip
Day of the Dead & La Santa Muerte
November 1st, 2012 | by msalt
Dia de los Muertos (the Day of the Dead) is a Mexican festival largely unknown to nearby Americans, except as [&hellip
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