• The life of Imam Hussain (AS)

    Shafaqna English- The third Shia Imam, Hussain ibn Ali (AS), is the second son of Imam Ali (AS) and Lady Fatimah Zahra (SA). He was born in 626 AD and named in a ceremony similar to the one held for his elder brother Imam Hassan ibn Ali (AS) in the

  • On life as a bi male survivor

    Sebastian Strawser writes on his experience of sexual assault and his relationships with sexuality, masculinity and campus life.

  • Perspective really is everything in life.

    For example, when I first moved to LaGrange, Georgia in 2017, I remember looking around at all the city had going for it. An amphitheater. A walking trail. A local college in the heart of downtown. A large lake. Two Chick-fil-As. What else could you want?

  • and it's cast a shadow over my whole life

    Some of my earliest - and happiest - memories are of time spent with my paternal grandmother. My cousin was born and overnight, it seemed, she transferred her attention. I was devastated.

  • Paul Auster – a life in pictures

    Paul Auster, the author of 34 books including the acclaimed New York Trilogy, has died aged 77. Auster became known for his ‘highly stylised, quirkily riddlesome postmodernist fiction in which narrators are rarely other than unreliable and the bedrock of plot is continually shifting’, the novelist Joyce Carol Oates wrote in 2010 Continue reading

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    Politics, and the Life of a Broadcast Trailblazer

    Susan Page, USA Today Washington bureau chief and the author of several books, including The Rulebreaker: The Life and Times of Barbara Walters (Simon & Schuster, 2024), talks about her new biography of Barbara Walters, plus the latest national political news, including the White House Correspondents Dinner and Pres. Biden's agreement to a debate.

  • New lease on life for Salado

    It hadn’t been smooth sailing for 5-9 guard Kent Salado in his PBA career. The rocky road has led Salado to Barangay Ginebra, NorthPort, NLEX and now, Phoenix since he was picked 27th overall on the second round in the 2019 draft.

  • Wreck claims life in Charleston

    63-year-old man was killed.

  • Political life of Imam Ridha (AS)

    Shafaqna English- The eighth Shia Imam, Ali ibn Musa al-Ridha (AS), was born in Medina in 765 AD. His parents were Imam Musa Al-Kadhim (AS) and Lady Tahira (SA) . He was given the epithet al-Ridha (‘the one agreed upon’) and his teknonym was Abul-Hassan. After the martyrdom of his

  • The Ghetto-ization Of American Life

    The Ghetto-ization Of American Life Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, Behind the facade of normalization, even high-income lifestyles have been ghetto-ized. Consider the defining characteristics of a ghetto: 1. The residents can't afford to live elsewhere. 2. Everything is a rip-off because options are limited and retailers / service providers know residents have no other choice or must go to extraordinary effort to get better quality or a lower price. 3....

  • Movie Review – New Life (2024)

    New Life, 2024. Written and Directed by John Rosman. Starring Sonya Walger, Hayley Erin, Tony Amendola, Ayanna Berkshire, Nick George, Jeb Berrier, and Blaine Palmer. SYNOPSIS: A mysterious woman on the run, and the resourceful fixer assigned to bring her in. Their two unique stories inextricably link, as the stakes of the pursuit rise to […] From blockbuster Hollywood movies to independent and British cinema, Flickering Myth has you covered. Read the original post here: Movie Review – New Life...

  • Committee forms to oppose psychedelics push

    A new campaign chaired by a Massachusetts General Hospital surgeon will oppose a potential ballot question seeking to decriminalize some psychedelic substances.