Dementia is a disease that affects the functioning of the brain. It can have a severe impact on a person’s cognitive and behavioral response, reducing his or her ability to lead a normal life.
Hu Naiwen, a traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) physician at…

By Leo Babauta
The boy awoke one morning to a startling discovery — that everything he believed was not the truth. He realized that the way he’d been seeing things was only one way of seeing things. His view of things was not absolute but tentative.
What…

By Leo Babauta
I’ve noticed that most of us let ourselves be driven by our resistance to something difficult, scary, unknown.
We take on a hard task — creating something, for example — and then we feel some kind of resistance. Or maybe it feels like overwhelm.…

A German MP, Sevim Dagdelen, has called for a US troop pullout from Germany, demanding an end to Berlin’s "subservience" to Washington

Europe would face “unimaginable challenges” in supporting Kiev if Washington reduces its support after election next year, Berlin has said

The abbot of Ukraine’s most prominent Orthodox monastery, Metropolitan Pavel, has been placed under house arrest for two months

Syria’s air defenses have been activated in response to a wave of “Israeli aggression” for the third night in four days, according to SANA

Commentary
The view that COVID-19 lockdowns were draconian and often tyrannical is gaining strength throughout the world. For example, Human Rights Watch has accused the UK government of setting aside “human rights for the sake of political expediency” and…

Commentary
The culture of Europe is culture. The culture of America is business.
This year, the Vienna Philharmonic performed in Berkeley’s Zellerbach Auditorium.  Characteristic of the world’s great orchestras, the musicians and conductor were absolutely…