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Vol. 11, No. 6, 2012

     
 
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CONTENTS
  1. Editorial
TO FIX A BROKEN PLANET by Louis René Beres
Does the species harbour a not so secret death wish?
  2. Essay
THE INTELLIGENCE POTENTIAL FACTOR by David Solway
Between the phantom teacher and gameboy student lies the IP.
  3. Essay
AUTHENTICITY IN THE SEX TRADE by Zahra Stardust
The thin red line between fake and real is a tantalizing blurr.
  4. Traveling Light
BIKINI JIHAD IN PAMUKKALE (TURKEY) by Robert J. Lewis
Getting turfed on home turf -- no stealth necessary.
  5. Health
DECONSTRUCTING SWEARING by Jessica Love
In the beginning was the swear word.
  6. The Patricide Papers
FOR THE FATHER I DID NOT KILL by Raymond Filip
"'Til the hearse hid your ass in the abyss."
  7. Race
WHO'S AFRAID OF BEING POST-BLACK IN AMERICA by Kirsten West Savali
The categories that enslave.
  8. Music
IS COMPOSED MUSIC SUPERIOR TO IMPROVISATION? with Julie Lamontagne
She's equally at home in classical and jazz and doesn't mince her words.
  9.

Word Nerd
A THOUSAND AND ONE PHOBIAS by Howard Richler
Phobophobia - the fear of fear itself.


  10.

School Days
DOES PRE-SCHOOL REALLY MATTER by Jonah Lehrer
Eliminating the achievement gap.


  11.

Illuminations
PRISMS & APHORISMS by Yahia Lababidi
"There are many ways to donate blood; writing is one of them."


  12.

Book Review
TRIAL BY INK (Yahia Lababidi) reviewed by Betsy L. Chunko
Radiant essays in dark times.


  13.
Music
SIX DEGREES OF JAZZ
Pianist Vincent Gagnon -- straight no concept chaser.
  14.
Film Review
TAKE THIS WALTZ reviewed by Samuel Burd
True love is what remains after the first passion has been spent.
     

 

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