What is ‘Editor’s Pick’?
In the most precise editorial language, it is a selection of the week’s best articles, condensed and reviewed for our users. Is this section of any good when we already provide daily reads to our users? Well, it most definitely is. The articles featured here will add to your knowledge bank as well as help you become better readers. Happy reading!
Article 1: The Island Where People Forget to Die
One purpose of introducing the Editor’s pick section is to highlight articles from the most diverse resource stream. We wish to bring to front articles that not only offer literary value but offer learning for life as well. This is one article that perfectly fits the bill. Before we review the piece, one simple question: do you wish to live longer? This is one desire we all suffer from or are afflicted from in some way or the other. At the end of the day, who wishes to die? This article traces an island in Greece and its inhabitants. They have a peculiar trait: they life long, as if they have forgotten to die. The article discusses a scientific study carried out on these people, the author of the articles carries out extensive research in the piece to showcase how the people of the island have discovered the panacea mankind has been searching for. A couple of caveats: the article does recount interesting tales, intriguing tidbits for sustaining a longer life but at the same time is a little long and tedious. You would have to sit through the rather long piece.
Article 2: How Castro Held the World Hostage
If the first piece in today series was about health and lifestyle, the second one takes us back to the history books and the Cold War era. Talking of the Cuban Missile Crises in 1962, the article outlines how the world was at the brink of the nuclear war back and how diplomatic maneavors between the United States and USSR helped avoid a global crises. On an overall level, the article is informative, laced with historical information we are generally not aware of. But on the flipside, the author’s American viewpoint is clearly outlines in the piece by virtue of his taking a anti-Cuban viewpoint. Fidel Castro, the enigmatic and somewhat authoritarian Cuban leader is clearly painted in a negative light in this piece. You may look up more information upon him and then make your own call with respect to Fidel Castro, the person.
Article 3: Evil, part one: how can we think about evil?
This article is simply the cherry on the cake, the best among the lot: a philosophy piece questioning one on the precepts of evil and how do we look at it. Discussing the topic for a theological perspective, the author of the piece outlines how different philosophers have looked at the concept of people, how it is viewed upon in Christianity and how the Christian view is rebuked. Two stand-out quotes from the article are mentioned in given here as images.
What is your view on evil? How do you view it? How do you see the hand of God in this discussion on evil and do you really believe that evil is God’s creation to test us out? This article is a philosophical debate that you should read, consume and ponder over for sure.
