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After an interesting response from my, “Top 10 Reasons not to live in California” list, we now turn our attention to other spots around the nation that one might not want to call home. Moving all the way across the country to the east coast, we find one of the original states of the great [...]
Posted by Lee Standberry on Thursday, September 22, 2011 at 12:01 am
Filed under Travel · Tagged Black P. Stones, Born to Kill, California, china, Crime, Criminology, crips, East Coast, Ethics, federal government, gang, Gangs in the United States, Houston, i.e. manufacturing, law abiding citizens, law enforcement, lee standberry, local law enforcement, Maine, New, New York, New York can the, New York City, new york yankees, Rodney King, Snatch, Sociology, South Dakota, Texas, The Warriors, Times Square, United States, Urban decay, US Federal Reserve, USD, Washington, Washington DC
In popular culture a “sex symbol” is a person that is admired for their sex appeal. Most of these individuals are famous actors, musicians, or models that have an extensive media following. During the 1950s and 60s a generation of people began to question and challenge the traditionally accepted cultural norms. The relatively conservative ideals [...]
Posted by Bryan Johnson on Monday, July 19, 2010 at 12:43 am
Filed under Fashion, Movies, Music, People, Photos, Television · Tagged Arthur Miller, bettie page, bob dylan, bondage model, Brian Jones, Brigitte Bardot, Cal Trask, celebrities, culture, Elvis, Elvis Presley, Fandom, Frank Sinatra, Honey Ryder, hugh hefner, James Bond, James Dean, James Dougherty, Jayne Mansfield, jimi hendrix, Joe DiMaggio, John Lennon, John Steinbeck, Marcello Mastroianni, Marilyn Monroe, Marlon Brando, mick jagger, Norma Jean, Paul McCartney, Paul Newman, Playboy Magazine, Popular culture, raquel welch, Rebel without a Cause, Rolling Stones, Sex, sex symbol, singers, Sociology, The Hustler, The Rolling Stones, The Silver Chalice, The Tonight Show, Tom Kelley, Ursula Andress
The notion of a utopia—a perfect, egalitarian, and harmonious paradise on Earth—has been a recurring theme in literature and storytelling for hundreds of years. It all started with the philosopher Plato’s book Republic, and it’s since been expressed in other books including Thomas More’s Utopia and Edward Bellamy’s Looking Backward, as well as in films [...]
Posted by Evan Andrews on Friday, May 14, 2010 at 12:01 am
Filed under Bizarre, Religion · Tagged Arcosanti, Auroville, biofuels, Brook Farm, Communalism, Commune, Community, Ecovillages, Edward Bellamy, experimental, experimental communes, experimental towns, experiments, Federation of Damanhur, Findhorn Ecovillage, George Pullman, Harmony Society, Indian government, Intentional communities, Israeli Kibbutzim, Johann Georg Rapp, Kibbutz, Lost Horizon, Lutheran Church, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Oberto Airaudi, Oneida Colony, Paolo Soleri, People, Planned cities, Politics, Pullman, Pullman Co, Pullman Illinois, Radical Pietism, Ralph Waldo Emerson, religion, renewable energy, san francisco, Sociology, Stephen Gaskin, The Farm, The Federation of Damanhur, The Harmony Society Communities, Thomas More, Utopia Bellamy
