Guest Thinkers — December 21, 2010

Programming Note

A weekly newsletter featuring the biggest ideas from the smartest people

For those with a satellite or residences abroad, assuming of course, that you have any interest, I will be on al-Hurra this afternoon from 4 – 5 pm along with Dr. Muhammad Qubati of the GPC and Muhammad Ubadi of TAJ.

We will be talking about all things Yemeni, well, I suppose not all things I doubt Dhu al-Fiqar, al-Tahara or Waq al-waq (the place not the blog) will come up.

A weekly newsletter featuring the biggest ideas from the smartest people

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The Past

The baffling and terrifying mystery of the Bell Witch

Serving as the inspiration for the modern horror classic “The Blair Witch Project,” what does our fascination with this unsolvable mystery tell us about our modern psyche?

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The Well

Theology professor: “Ancient Aliens” is fantasy fiction for atheists

Gods and angels have been replaced with hi-tech extraterrestrials.

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The Past

America’s health food movement is based on a cult

The Source Family, a radical 1970s utopian commune, still impacts what we eat today.

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Cosmology’s biggest conundrum is official, and no one knows how the Universe has expanded

After more than two decades of precision measurements, we’ve now reached the “gold standard” for how the pieces don’t fit.

Starts With A Bang

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