Casey Ratliff
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Tattooed Pinup Girls
Beautiful tattooed women in photos inspired by vintage pinup models.<p>The amazingly vibrant ink on this model perfectly compliments her elegant …
When Philosophy Becomes Therapy
Alain de Botton's self-help books for those who style themselves as intellectuals are making their way to the United States.<p>Philosophy has earned a reputation as a complicated, inaccessible, and irrelevant pursuit, consigned mostly to old white men in wood-paneled offices. It’s vaguely associated …
Is Religion Inherently Violent?
In her new book, Fields of Blood, Karen Armstrong argues against the idea that faith fuels wars.<p>"Piles of heads, hands, and feet were to be seen. It was necessary to pick one's way over the bodies of men and horses." This was how the historian Raymond of Aguilers described Jerusalem in 1099, as he …
De-Stressing Apps: 10 iPhone Applications To Help You Chill Out And Calm Down
Chances are, your smart phone is a major source of stress in your life. It reminds you of all the unfinished things on your to-do list and forces you to carry around your friend and relationship drama (not to mention fights with Mom and Dad) with you in your pocket. But your cell doesn't have to be …
The Hidden Poetic Genius of an Old, English Nursery Rhyme
Novelist Jim Crace, whose prose has been analyzed by mathematicians for its rhythm, learned his technique from the childhood counting game 'Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Sailor.'<p>Doug McLean<p><i>By Heart is a series in which authors share and discuss their all-time favorite passages in literature.</i><p>When I asked …