THE subject is on the curriculum of many departments of philosophy — Filipino philosophy. Leonardo Mercado, an SVD missionary and a prolific writer on the subject, has written repeatedly about it. I ...

War is an incredibly impactful event. It can bring out the worst and the best in humans, but the consequences of conflict are ...

A powerful quote by Judith Butler reveals how reading immerses us in new worlds. We lose ourselves in books, only to return changed. This transformation expands our perspective and sense of belonging.

Thought of the day: Lewis’s most enduring fame came with The Chronicles of Narnia, beginning with The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe in 1950. The seven-book series introduced readers to a fantasy ...

We pause to reflect and remember the beloved figures who are not with us on our journey into the new year as we turn the page on 2025. The months behind us brought unforgettable performances, cultural ...

Shortly after the Bondi massacre, I joined an informal gathering of Jews who came together to share in our shock and grief. We were broad in age, ranging from toddlers to people in their mid-70s and ...

As millions of people count down the minutes to midnight on New Year’s Eve, I will observe my passage of time — 37,317,600 minutes to be exact — that brought me to the year 2026. And I will replay the ...

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A collage of New York and Florence, 2025. Photo: Sarah van Rij A collage of New York and Florence, 2025. Photo: Sarah van Rij A signature of theirs has often been the multilayered image, sometimes ...

Abstract: We propose a simple yet effective reflection-free cue for robust reflection removal from a pair of flash and ambient (no-flash) images. The reflection-free cue exploits a flash-only image ...