Each year more than 1,400 children die as motor vehicle passengers, and an additional 280,000 are injured. Despite these horrifying figures, parents are still allowing their children to ride unrestrained. More disturbing is the fact that of children who are buckled up, roughly half are restrained incorrectly—increasing the risk of serious or fatal injuries. Tragically, most of these injuries co...

Stephen Gaukroger’s new biography of Descartes is a major accomplishment. Gaukroger offers the reader an overview of Descartes’ life and works, with healthy doses of intellectual background thrown in for good measure. It should have a major impact on Cartesian studies, both within the history of philosophy and within the history of science. As Gaukroger’s full title makes clear, this is suppose...

This performative piece indulges in the critical feminist pseudo-fantasies of a sleep-deprived woman her 40’s—a certain . rage. ruminative offering presents lyrical rendering provoked by reflection on one-note-wonders patriarchy, and inspired part Caroline Criado-Perez’s book “ Invisible Women: Data Bias World Designed for Men” poignant provocation offered Bryant Keith Alexander. Playing limina...

sati is a sanskrit word which means chaste and continent. it also refers to a tradition and the ceremony in which a widow burns herself because of her husband’s death. the history of this indian tradition refers back to 1000 to 500 years b.c. and was prohibited in 1828. persian poets, particularly those who were living in india, have benefited this hindu tradition in their poetry and created de...