Axis Reader, CanDoJack's comment today in the Reader Comment section below, prompted us to bring Tracy and her brilliant music back for a replay. Her lyrics and music in these three songs are prophetic, even more relevant today than when she first wrote and sang them. - LMB Editor's Note:... » read this article

Editor's Comment: In this rare appearance the world renown Children's Theater of Cuba, known as La Colmenita, is performing Abracadabra on this rare tour of the United States in October. Abracadabra is a play written by the children themselves. The name derives from the ancient Aramaic language and is used as an incantation... » read this article

Time Lapse videos by Norwegian landscape photographer Terje Sørgjerd Editor's note: The northern lights, or aurora borealis, are seen when the solar wind stream hits Earth's magnetic field, sparking bright auroras around the Arctic Circle. Norwegian landscape photographer Terje Sørgjerd spent one week around Kirkenes and the Norway-Russia border, in... » read this article

The wonderful people of the Omo Valley (Ethiopia) Does helping them mean marking off their territory?... dressing them, teaching them to write, to build cities, or long-distance adoption of their children? Are we sure that having them emulate our society, which is fast heading for self destruction, is really in... » read this article

Taste this! (The video is an Axis of Logic republication from October 27, 2010. We've been asked at times about the lyrics of the song. From what we understand, it's about "Koba," a rice dish and how to prepare it. - eds.)... » read this article

The great Orinoco River flows in a region shared by Venezuela and Colombia and along the watershed of the river lies Los Llanos, grasslands as far as the eye can behold. The unresticted openness and wild beauty of the plains have attracted humans for thousands of years, first with nomadic... » read this article

Editor's Note: We have always heard that time is not an absolute but rather, an invention of mankind that rules our lives. This fascinating Amazonian tribe have no concept of time; nor do they have the concept of "river" as we know rivers; nor do they measure their lives in... » read this article

In his book, Taoism. The Road to Immortality, John Blofeld quoted the following selections from the Tao te' Ching on the subject of wisdom. He elaborates, following the quote: Because he has no high opinion of himself, [his] mind is luminous; not caring for status, he becomes illustrious; being without... » read this article

Cinco de Mayo is a Mexican holiday which celebrates the victory over French forces on May 5, 1862 at the Battle of Puebla. It is often mistakenly thought to be Mexico’s Independence Day, which is actually September 16. More of an emotional victory than a military one, to Mexicans the... » read this article

Editor's Note: I don't know about anyone else in this room but all Eddie Murphy ever had to do to make me laugh was to show his face. What I do know however is that there has to be something I'm missing that is politically incorrect about this publication - something that will... » read this article

About the story  “Tézin Nan Dlo” is one of Haiti’s most popular folk tales.  The créole, “té” indicates the past tense, and “zin” means “hook”.  It is about hooking and being hooked.  This is a story about the enticements of love, family, and the natural world.  It is also a... » read this article

Bhutanese Prime Minister Jigmi Y. Thinley on Gross National Happiness, his country's traditions, and the importance of democracy. Bhutan has pioneered the use of Gross National Happiness (GNH) as a measure of progress, instead of the more commonly used GNP. GNH measures not only economic activity, but also cultural, ecological,... » read this article

Yep, you read that correctly! Weird right? But hear me out as I lay out the context (quick history lesson) It all started with Toussaint L'Ouverture, a self educated former slave. After England and Spain invaded Haiti (then called Saint-Domingue and 100% controlled by the French), he made a pact... » read this article

I am not from the East or the West... I belong to the beloved, have seen the two worlds as one... - Rumi1 I remember my first wild strawberry... so tiny... but the flavor was magnified, as compared with the large, store-bought kind that my city-upbringing taste buds were accustomed... » read this article

For those readers who might not know, British writer Christopher Hitchens has terminal cancer. He is an admirable example of a man accepting of his fate, and wanting to conduct the balance of his life with as much normalcy as possible. Despite his condition, Hitchens has taken the trouble to... » read this article

Detroit entrepreneurs are learning to rely on each other, finding the seeds of a new economy in resources discarded by corporate America. A couple of weeks ago I was invited to spend a day in Detroit meeting with local entrepreneurs and sharing ideas for spurring small business development. Detroit is... » read this article

Editor’s Comment In “Marshland Elegy” a chapter in his famous book, A Sand County Almanac and sketches here and there, Aldo Leopold tells the story of the noble Crane and of how the crane marsh has been displaced by the short-sighted and wasteful ‘progress’ of human beings. The only beauty... » read this article

5 November 2010 “Winning and elimination decisions were made by the judges in consultation with producers. Some elimination decisions were discussed with Bravo.” –  Disclaimer at the end of each episode of Top Chef Top Chef D.C. is the seventh installment of the Top Chef reality television series on the... » read this article

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Dame Helen Mirren is poised to divide Shakespeare purists by changing the gender of one of his greatest characters in a new adaptation of The Tempest. The Oscar-winning actress follows in the illustrious footsteps of Sir John Gielgud, Michael Redgrave and Derek Jacobi by taking the role of Prospero -... » read this article