Oct 1st, 2008 · In his new book, Wall Street: America's Dream Palace, Steve Fraser focuses on the lotus of the financial world, paying attention to four of its archtypal characters — the aristocrat, the confidence man, the hero and the immoralist.
May 29th, 2008 · New York Times reporter Ben Carey discusses the use of mindfulness meditation in therapy. In a recent article, he calls it "perhaps the most popular new psychotherapy technique of the past decade."
Jun 20th, 2006 · Singer Durga Das performs music known as Kirtan, a form of very old call-and-response devotional music from India. But now, as Kirtan finds its way into American culture, it is evolving in unexpected ways. Part of the change is being led by a Jewish man from Philadelphia named David Newman -- or, on stage, Durga Das.
Feb 22nd, 2006 · A species of Himalayan snow lotus, a cottony white flower, is used in Tibetan medicine and prized by tourists -- and it's popularity has already knocked four inches off the plant's height and could be leading to its extinction.