[Been studying a bit of philosophy, again, hence the topic…]
Man is (not!) free, and (so, naturally) everywhere he is in chains.
In the land of illusion we can be free.
A really, really, really good way to upset someone is to tell them they have no free will, that they are not free, that they have […]
Love - romantic, passionate, erotic love - is often portrayed, understood, or lived as a type of madness. Scientists reveal chemical imbalances, psychologists classify it with various disorders, but while reading an old interview with Martha Nussbaum called “The Ethics of Literature” (sorry, no reference, it just exists as a dog-eared photocopied text found in […]
More news of unfathomable animal abuse from the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals organization (PETA) and this time it’s abuse of turkeys at ConAgra Foods, Inc., one of North America’s largest packaged foods companies.
Between April and July, 2006, PETA undercover investigators worked as “live hangers”—the people who receive live birds and shackle them […]
"Feasting with Archestratus," a feature story on what the ancient Greeks thought was good to eat, in Odyssey magazine (Nov/Dec 2007).
My poem "Seduction" published in Wetink, Issue 7, Winter 2007
"Alexander's Enduring Myth," a review of two books about the legendary king and conqueror, in Odyssey magazine (May/June 2007).
"Reconstructing the Past," my feature on archaeological restoration in Greece explores the debate about how far restorations should go in the name of making ancient monuments more comprehensible to the public, in Odyssey magazine (Nov/Dec 2006).
My short story "A Silly Little Thing" in the See You Next Tuesday anthology of 50 sex-texts.
"Particles of Truth," my interview with particle physicist Maria Spiropulu in Odyssey magazine (Sept/Oct 2006).
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