A few days ago I read the article Another country, not my own posted in Boston.com, about the experience of an adoptee from Taiwan, (which I reached through the site Harlow’s Monkey) about how many parents in an effort to do as much as they can for their adoptive children force the culture of their [...]

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Alphabet by Jasper Johns
Dam by Robert Rauschenberg

Written language not only is used to communicate among us and share ideas, but it is also used as an artistic expression in [...]

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At a recent check up with my doctor discovered that I have very low levels of vitamin D in my body. That made me think about the subject of vitamin D levels in children and specially in children of dark skin. People with dark skin can’t absorb well vitamin D, since the [...]

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In the movies there is usually two kinds of people, the good guys and the bad guys and it’s pretty easy to tell ones from the others. In life it’s not so easy, we are all mixed up in various degrees and depending on who’s judging us [...]

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