Culture – Page 145 – People's World

Mind reading machines on the way?

December 21, 2011 By Blake Skylar

Based on societal trends and extensive study, technology giant IBM has predicted that in the near future, machines will read minds.

$Muppets, Fox News and the Looney Tune right$

Muppets, Fox News and the Looney Tune right

December 14, 2011 By Chris Elliott

The sheer wackiness of its anti-Muppets hysteria suggests that Fox News has become a parody of itself - but it represents a powerful political constituency.

Air Force welcomes Wiccans and pagans

November 29, 2011 By Blake Skylar

In Colorado Springs, Colo., the U.S. Air Force Academy has dedicated an $80,000 outdoor worship center to followers of alternative religions.

Heroes saved television

November 10, 2011 By Blake Skylar

This was a show about ordinary people who suddenly learned they had great gifts. It was about the idea that everyday people could do something to make the world a better place.

Participants wanted for Cuban essay contest

November 10, 2011 By Special to People’s World

Cuba's Ministry of Culture and others are inviting writers to submit essays for their ninth annual International Essay Contest, "Thinking against the Mainstream."