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What Did You Take for Granted Until Living Abroad?
“We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and...
Dec 27, 2014
Globalization Will Kill Black Pete
Every November there’s a good chance that you’ll hear a conversation in the Netherlands that goes something lik...
Dec 27, 2014
Is English a Threat to Linguistic Traditions?
As a native speaker of English, I revel in a fantastic luxury when I travel. Wherever I go, I can assume that the l...
Dec 26, 2014
Globalize Your Traditions
Tradition vs. Globalization My father’s family moved from Latvia to the United States in the 1940s. With them the...
Dec 14, 2014
French Historical Conversations: Pope Edition
Sometimes people believe that walking under a ladder is bad luck. Sometimes people think that swallowing a watermel...
Dec 05, 2014
Glocalization: Taking the edge off Globalization
– Do you know what they call a Quarter Pounder with cheese in France? – They don’t call it a quar...
Nov 15, 2014
If I Were an Outsider, What Would I Say About Mass Media?
If I were an outsider to our “modern” and “connected” society—perhaps someone hailin...
Nov 08, 2014
What Good Is Cultural Diversity, Anyway?
The human race now possesses the ability to share ideas among a more culturally diverse range of people than has ev...
Oct 30, 2014
Afraid of Your Smartphone? You’re in Good Company
Today, it is almost strange to see someone without a smartphone in hand, uncomfortable to be in a place where there...
Oct 29, 2014
Net Neutrality: Which Side Are You On?
Net Neutrality – the who, the what and the where Net Neutrality is a modern phenomenon that has been under the...