In Quebec City, I got into a discussion with my French landlady about French semantics with regards to the concept of “love.” I felt that for a culture known for its interest in l’amour,...

As we become increasingly health-conscious and as healthy life choices like exercising regularly, cutting down on sugar and salt are advocated, we turn to alternate taste sensations which will appease our taste buds. Exotic...

Goddesses of the ancient cultures, especially in Greece, Rome, Egypt and the Middle East, were often both beautiful and cruel. Yet there is something fascinating about them — they seem almost like a double-edged...

When you are in your teens and early 20s, you are in the process of picking your career, finding your relationships and making decisions that impact on the rest of your life. Our emotions...

The rush of adrenaline and the swift movement of each opponent during a martial arts fight between two experts is gorgeous to see — it is like watching a dance that is both beautiful...

Most of us have heard of Salman Rushdie. It may be no more than remembering a Seinfeld episode in which Kramer is convinced that he met Rushdie in a New York health club, or...

We all know that we cannot change the past, and the future is yet to come. As a consequence of what happens today, and what happens now, we can alter the course of events...