Monthly Archives: February 2006

Cultural Relativity

Today, Khalil was wearing a brand-new green Mario mushroom baseball cap, backwards, with the visor in the back. Georgia got down Bahiyyih‘s #2 baseball cap from its hook by the front door and put it on, just like Khalil. She … Continue reading

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In Celebration of Colors

Maya and Georgia ask a lot of questions. And Bahiyyih and I (and all of our friends in earshot) do our best to answer them. One that they like to ask often is, “what is your favorite color?” So I … Continue reading

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On the Practical Use of Mis-heard Lyrics

Bahá’í are to refrain from politics, in order to promote unity (and not encourage chaos, havoc, or fruitless intellectual meleé), but what are we supposed to do when we think of a great punchline for a political bumper sticker? Not … Continue reading

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You can measure self-discipline? Cool!

Someone is asking: Which is more important, IQ or self-discipline?. What’s self-discipline? According to the article, it includes the ability to delay gratification: Walter Mischel and colleagues found in the 1980s that 4-year-olds’ ability to delay gratification (for example, to … Continue reading

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