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Shashi Tharoor Examines the Changing Culture of India

NOW Magazine | August 26, 2008

The book, a collection of essays Tharoor wrote for the Times of India and other publications, has no clearly defined thesis or narrative, yet is packed full of insightful commentary on India’s rapidly changing cultural landscape.

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Tags: technology, India, Nonfiction Reviews, Shashi Tharoor, The Elephant, the Tiger, and the Cell Phone: Reflections on India: The Emerging 21st Century Power

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Study Reports that Internet Use is Good for Teens' Healthnew

A massive three-year study by the MacArthur Foundation found that using digital technology is integral to the development of healthy, smart and socially adept teenagers.

NOW Magazine | Joseph Wilson | 01-09-2009 | Tech

Tags: health, teenagers, MacArthur Foundation, web culture, computers & technology

Once-Respected Physicist Frank Tipler Goes Off the Deep End in Latest Booknew

Tipler's main thesis in The Physics of Christianity is that the tenets of Christianity, from the Virgin Birth to the coming Apocalypse, can all be explained by physics -- no faith required.

NOW Magazine | Joseph Wilson | 11-24-2008 | Nonfiction

Tags: religion, science, Christianity, nonfiction, Frank Tipler, physics, The Physics of Christianity

The Christian Right Embraces Video Gamesnew

The Christian right has figured out that, instead of rallying against video games as morally deficient purveyors of violence and apathy, it's better off embracing them as a medium for spreading the message of God.

NOW Magazine | Joseph Wilson | 11-17-2008 | Video Games

Tags: religion, video games, Dance Praise, Guitar Praise, Left Behind: Eternal Forces

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Mark Twain Minus the N-Wordnew

Can’t anybody teach anymore?

NOW Magazine | Susan G. Cole | 01-05-2011 | Books

Tags: Mark Twain, Huckleberry Finn

Bourdain Spills the Beansnew

Anthony Bourdain talks about other celebrity chefs and his current projects.

NOW Magazine | Steven Davey | 09-16-2010 | Author Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Anthony Bourdain, Kitchen Confidential, Medium Raw

Lydia Kwa’s 'Pulse' is a courageous piece of fiction.new

It’s always pleasurable to read a novel set in Toronto, but the key to Pulse is Kwa’s spare yet evocative prose.

NOW Magazine | Susan G. Cole | 04-02-2010 | Fiction

Tags: Lydia Kwa, Pulse (Book), Books, Pulse

'The Amazing Absorbing Boy': Trinidad to T.O.new

When his mother dies, comic-book-obsessed Sammy leaves Trinidad to live with his strangely distant dad in Regent Park. Everything about his new city fascinates the teenager, and he dives into his experience with eyes and ears wide open.

NOW Magazine | Susan G. Cole | 02-05-2010 | Fiction

Tags: Rabindranath Maharaj, The Amazing Absorbing Boy

'Global Warring': The Geopolitics of Climate Changenew

The Earth is warming. Fact. Weather patterns are changing. Undeniable. We’re all in a heap of trouble. Uh-huh. And we’re all doing our best to deal with it. Nope. According to Montrealer Cleo Paskal, the world governments are snoozing while the world boils.

NOW Magazine | Patrick Lejtenyi | 01-29-2010 | Nonfiction

Tags: Cleo Paskal, Global Warring, environment, climate change, global warming, geopolitics

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