The Latin adage Ex oriente lux, ex occidente lex (“from the East, light, from the West, law”) expresses a yin-yang-like balance, signifying that both Orient…
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Published August 31, 2015 by Mischa Geracoulis
Greece is a microcosm of the world, complete with money problems and refugees. The EU should be doing more to aid those rendered most vulnerable…
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Leave a CommentHealing Diabetes the Native American Way
Published August 1, 2013 by Mischa Geracoulis
Though diabetes is exploding worldwide, the tribes of the American Southwest take the lead. The ravages of diabetes in the U.S. Native American population are…
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Leave a CommentUCLA Doctors Revive the Ancient Technology of Sound Healing
Published February 1, 2013 by Mischa Geracoulis
We live on a rhythmic, vibrational planet where everything is energy, vibrating at frequencies that produce sound — even if imperceptible to the human ear.…
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Leave a CommentThe Not-So-Free Market: How Consumerism Fuels Human Trafficking
Published May 23, 2012 by Mischa Geracoulis
Human trafficking is the commercialization of that which no one has the right to sell – human lives. These lives – approximately 30 million women,…
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Leave a CommentAncient Greek Mythology at the Heart of Contemporary Filmmaker Dina Demetrius
Published August 7, 2011 by Mischa Geracoulis
Documentary and indie filmmaker, broadcast journalist, actress (with starring roles in more than 20 films), and writer (with two feature-length screenplays under her belt), Dina…
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Leave a CommentFilm Review: The Tree
Published July 24, 2011 by Mischa Geracoulis
Julie Bertuccelli’s (Since Otar Left, 2004) The Tree (adapted from Australian writer, Judy Pascoe’s 2002 novel Our Father Who Art in The Tree) is centered…
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Leave a CommentProminent Turkish Journalists Imprisoned in Crackdown
Published June 29, 2011 by Mischa Geracoulis
Reporters Without Borders brings international attention to the three month-plus imprisonment of Turkish investigative journalists Ahmet Sik, a reporter on human rights violations and alleged…
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Leave a CommentLe Quattro Volte
Published April 12, 2011 by Mischa Geracoulis
Literally translated, “The Four Times” (stages may be more accurate in English) is Michelangelo Frammartino’s homage to the Calabria of his heritage and the homeland…
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Leave a CommentBlessed are the wagers of just war?
Published April 6, 2011 by Mischa Geracoulis
As the first US bombs began dropping in Libya, I received an invitation to attend the Huffington (as in, infamous Arianna’s ex) Ecumenical Institute’s symposium…
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