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Chinese New Year begins with the new moon this February 18th and lasts until the full moon two weeks from now. In China, this period of feasts with prayers for prosperity is seen as the actual beginning of spring. Since I’m a Christian with Jewish children who naturally gravitates toward Eastern art and philosophy, I…

Here and here are web pages with good Chinese New Year’s recipes. This book for young children is a guide to holiday folktales, customs, and Chinese banquet food.

Remember when Bill Moyers showed brain surgery being performed in the early 1990s with acupuncture as the sole form of anesthesia on his PBS series “Healing and the Mind?” American acupuncturists point to that televised moment as the beginning of America’s receptivity to this centuries-old Chinese healing method. Well, yesterday Oprah Winfrey gave acupuncture its…

National treasure/quirky odd duck Camille Paglia’s back writing for Salon.com after a six-year absence. Here’s a snippet of her first column (you may have to get a trial subscription to read the whole thing). I am a pro-choice libertarian Democrat whose platform remains the same, above all regarding educational reform. I denounce the outrageous expense,…
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