

Rags to Riches
“It is not the rich man's son that the young struggler for advancement has to fear in the race of life, nor his nephew, nor his cousin....


India. What's Happening?
There was great excitement among people in India when Narendra Modi was elected Prime Minister. He preached that achhe din aane waale...


"There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talk
Since The Maidan was launched in March 2015, we have been productively and enthusiastically written about world issues: Politics,...


Ukraine-Russia and the Tussle for Survival
For Ukrainians Euromaidan ushered in the drive to autonomy from oppression. The ousted Ukrainian president, Viktor Yanukovych, not only...


How the Heck Didn't I Kill Myself
It was about 3:00 pm last Friday night when I decided to learn how to skateboard again. I was seven when the last time I had touched my...


Immune Pruning
A new discovery on the mechanism by which the brain reduces its number of neural connections could lead to the first effective cure for...


The Importance of Hip Hop
What is hip hop, and why should it matter to anyone even remotely interested in popular culture? Hip hop is a culture that arose in the...


How Can We Do Things Globally if We Don't See the World as a Whole?
There is a scene in the television show Silicon Valley that sticks with me. In the scene the guru CEO character (modeled after...


Right, Right or Left, Right?
From India’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to Turkey’s Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi there has been a recent surge in right wing ideologies. ...


Don't Forget to Breathe
Let’s start with a quote from one of my favorite philosophers, Bruce Lee“The spirit of the individual is determined by his dominating...