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Transcendental Meditation was a key part of the the life of David Lynch, as this writer discovered when she interviewed him in 2006.

I can no longer kid myself that death is a distant reality,” Father Thomas Reese, former editor in chief of America, writes.

On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of The Beatles’ iconic visit to India, the British Council hosted a special screening ...

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(You can read the whole thing on BobDylan.com.) The piece was, notionally, about Dylan's book, The Philosophy of Modern Song. But it quickly morphed into a meditation on creativity in the era of ...

Here are some of the things productivity experts say they do to get weekday mornings off to a good start. Their answers were ...

It's January, the designated month for self-reflection and setting goals. It's a time when most people contemplate all the ...