There is a story in China about a peasant who worked as a maintenance man in a newly established Western hospital. When he retired, he took some hypodermic needles and antibiotics with him to his village. People came to him when they had ailments and he would inject them with the drugs he had procured. Although this peasant had no knowledge of Western medicine or how to … [Read more...] about Acupuncture: Superstition to Science
Project Bookjacket: Dressing for Success
By Diana Arterian In the contemporary bookstore, the shelves and tables glow with distinct and intriguing spines, yet more than half of the names and titles are a mystery to most store browsers: even to those that take the time to read book reviews and other literary publications. Due to the greater population's general ignorance concerning the quality of books, shoppers … [Read more...] about Project Bookjacket: Dressing for Success
If a Butterfly Flapped its Wings
By Diana Arterian Failure crossed her mind and choked her like sand in her throat. The scent of her mother's tortillas wafted in front of her face, but she dismissed it as her imagination. It wasn't over, it couldn't be over. Days ago she had starved, sucked the water out of mud, but she promised herself she wouldn't stop. She had ran faster and longer that anyone else. … [Read more...] about If a Butterfly Flapped its Wings
Reflection
By Colin Dwyer He sat alone, reclined on one of the rusted lawn chairs lining the edge, cast in the sepia tones of the indelicately aged, wondering absently if it was ringworm or tapeworm that was spread through direct contact with these chairs. Before him lay reflections of light in the water, wriggling rivers of cream in the vacant blue-green of the pool, light like the … [Read more...] about Reflection
Made in China
Over the last several decades, free market reforms have helped China become a prominent force in the foreign exchange market. Spurred by the abundance of cheap labor, thousands of companies have established large factories for the mass production and exportation of supplies. Unfortunately, the combination of profit-driven motivation and wide-spread competition among these … [Read more...] about Made in China