Holden Caulfield
My
grandfather was just as handsome as Jerome David Salinger. We weren’t Jewish
though, or at least I never went to the best schools. I never...
The genius of Virginia Woolf and Vanessa Bell
Old friend,
loving sister, this is goodbye. I’m journeying once again into the wilderness,
but this time without you. I promise you that I won’t think...
Came here to forget the book thief
“You’re
misbehaving. You’re misbehaving, Emily. Go to your room. Write if you must.
Your verses.”
“I’m humming.
I’m singing. I’m happy. You should be happy for me. Seldom...
The new neighborhood: Creating new community around sustainability and social well-being
At the 2020 tenth World Urban Forum, the United Nations Environment
Programme (UNEP) presented its new guidelines for integrated approaches for
sustainable neighborhoods.
Cities today are responsible...
The end of the perfect melons
On May
2019, two melons from Hokkaido sold at the prices of 45,000 USD.
Yes, you
heard it right. Two melons.
They were not
your “regular” melons....
The Fort: The Oliver Tambo University
The main
reason for this proposal is that many, if not all, my teachers at the South End
High School received their education at the aforementioned...
The Teenager and Suicide
The
escalation in the number of teenagers who have suicidal thoughts, attempt
suicide and commit suicide has called for a reappraisal of this sad state of
affairs....
New toolkit to help countries switch to climate-smart urbanization
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the United Nations
Framework Convention on Climate Change
secretariat, and the Commonwealth Secretariat, in collaboration with several United Nations entities,...
EU fertilizer regulations: What are the consequences for the European food chain?
European food security is at risk from
well-meaning, but problematic regulations representing elements of the European
Union’s Circular Economy Package 2018. While capping cadmium content in
phosphate...
The forgotten world of female silence (around issues of mental cruelty and abandonment)
I think of
victims of abuse. Have I been a victim of abuse all of this time, all of these
twenty years? Father says I have...