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Five years ago, Kenyan-born philosopher John Mbiti made one of those magical statements that grabbed my attention and almost immediately made me think: “The past,” as he put it, “lies before us.” Trying to practice what Mbiti is preaching, I have looked to the past to see what I can see about how to more … Read More
In the first week of December 1967, philosopher and author Raoul Vaneigem published his now-classic work The Revolution of Everyday Life. Born in March 1934 in the small Belgian town of Lessines (where the artist René Magritte was also born back in 1898), Vaneigem died in Barcelona seven weeks ago, on July 28, at the age of … Read More
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SubscribeOn the 12th of May, 1972, the Rolling Stones released their 10th album. Sales of Exile on Main St.took off immediately, and although some critics were … critical of the album (that’s what critics do, after all), it eventually gained widespread praise. Today, many still consider it the Stones’ best and most important record! In 2010, … Read More
