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Vol. 14, No. 1, 2015

     
 
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CONTENTS
  1. Essay
THE AGE OF DISPOSABILITY by Henry A. Giroux
Blame the victim while the mega-banks get off scott free.
  2. Music
THREE REASONS WHY I LIKE COUNTRY MUSIC by David Solway
It's a gift America has given itself.
  3. Islam
MUSLIM WOMEN DOWN BUT NOT OUT by Riaz Hassan
Serial textual authoritarianism = fatwas against fitnah (sexual enticement).
  4. Report
THE DAY I COULDN'T URINATE by Stella Paul
Is the privy a privilege or a right?
  5. Travel
MEXICAN GHOSTS by Robert Joe Stout
"Instead of complaining he smiles."
  6. Greece
STAINS AND BLEMISHES IN DEMOCRACY by Nick Catalano
From ancient Greece to the present imperfect.
  7. Perspectives
ISLAM AND SEX DO MIX by Wajahat Ali
In the hadith, the prophet talks freely about sex. Since then, where have all the voices gone?
  8. Chemistry
HOW ANIMALS GET HIGH by Backdoor Pharmacy
Taking a break from the nature of things.
  9. Fiction
THE BUOY by Roberto Romei Rotondo
All kinds of thoughts run through one’s mind as the shore fades in the distance.
  10. Language
CONQUERING TONGUES by John H. McWhorter
If languages aren't world views, why save them?
  11.

Music
SIX DEGREES OF JAZZ
Vincent Rehel: Out of the blue and into the black.


  12. Top Ten
HIT ME WITH THAT MUSIC by Robert J. Lewis
"Music always rescues me, there's a melody for every malady."
  13.

Death Row Art
WILLIAM A. NOGUERA by Lydia Schrufer
Arts and fantasy on the road to redemption.


     

 

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