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African religious practice pervades the popular music of the Americas, surviving as form and so reading as secular.

The main argument of Secular Devotion, I suppose, will appear to some people as outrageous. I am saying that popular music in the Americas is popular in part because it is so heavily influenced by...

Secular Devotion

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Emission paths differ little in atmospheric CO2 by 2050 and enormously after.

Named after Charles David Keeling, a distinguished carbon-cycle scientist, the carbon atom Dave serves, I hope, as a literary device that aids in revealing the fascinating paths that actual carbon...

CO2 Rising

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The commercial sexualization of girls is a market product, separable from the age-appropriate sexual development it displaces.

The Lolita Effect promises girls that they can experience joyful sexuality and femininity, but only at a price: the price of conforming to the restrictive ideals it imposes on the entire landscape of female. .

The Lolita Effect

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Emission paths differ little in atmospheric CO2 by 2050 and enormously after.

When you go to a doctor and the doctor gives you information about your body, the doctor makes a crucial assumption: Even though you are not a medical expert you do know the basics about how your....

CO2 Rising

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The commercial sexualization of girls is a market product, separable from the age-appropriate sexual development it displaces.

There has been a great deal of public discussion lately about the sexualization of girlhood, from the provocative Bratz dolls for toddlers (described by Margaret Talbot in The New Yorker as looking like...

The Lolita Effect

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Burning fossil fuels introduces ancient carbon into Earth’s natural carbon cycle, creating a profound imbalance that threatens the climate and the future of human civilization.

When fossil fuels such as coal, oil, and natural gas are combusted they release CO2. This greenhouse gas is no ordinary pollutant but an inherent waste byproduct of the energy conversion. The CO2 is...

CO2 Rising

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Myths about girls’ sexuality that circulate in the mainstream media are in sharp contrast to healthy, factual, progressive notions of sexuality.

The Lolita Effect addresses the media sexualization of young girls. In the book, I draw a distinction between healthy, age-appropriate concepts of sexuality that should develop as children mature, and...

The Lolita Effect

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