Even though on an intellectual level I have come to terms with the difference in cultural connotations of being selfish, on an emotional level, I still feel uneasy. What exactly stands among the ...

Southern Living magazine once described “y’all” as “the quintessential Southern pronoun.” It’s as iconically Southern as sweet tea and grits. While “y’all” is considered slang, it’s a useful word ...

Many critics consider Thomas De Quincey’s Confessions of an English Opium-Eater, published in 1821, to be the first explicit exploration of the creative process and drugs. Since then — well, there ...

What are our knees for? The answer should be very simple. They are joints that allow our legs to bend so that we can walk. But the answer is not so simple when we consider some of the cultural ...

Shoppers seen at a supermarket in Zaozhuang, Shandong province. [SUN ZHONGZHE/FOR CHINA DAILY] When people mark Chinese New Year on January 29 it will be the first time after the festival and social ...