Archive for July, 2012
The Art of Glass Making in Venice
Venice is renowned the world over for its glass-making traditions. People from far and wide visit the lively industrial island on the northwest side of the city called Murano, for centuries the center of glass production.
Chinese Martial Arts in The Washington Independent Review of Books
The Washington Independent Review of Books reviews Chinese Martial Arts: From Antiquity to the Twenty-First Century, praising author Peter Lorge’s “masterful job of detailing the evolution of martial arts from the aristocrats of the Shang dynasty (approximately 1600 B.C.) to the practitioners of the 21st century.”
Brian Stone, Jr on “Talk of the Nation”
Are more “derechos” in store? The City and the Coming Climate: Climate Change in the Places We Live author Brian Stone, Jr speaks to “Talk of the Nation” about how cities are planning for extreme weather.
Defining What is the Good: The Natural Moral Law
Can the notion of the good be known through reason? Proceeding historically through ancient, modern, and postmodern thinkers, Owen Anderson studies beliefs about the good and how it is known, and how such beliefs shape claims about the moral law.
The Allure of Venice Revealed by San Diego State University and Joanne M. Ferraro
Treat yourself to a micro Venice vacation this afternoon, courtesy of San Diego State University and Venice: History of the Floating City author Joanne M. Ferraro.
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