Word: disruptionism
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Cycles of destruction and rebirth are hardly unknown to the Americas' native peoples. The Aymara people of Bolivia have a word for times of war, enslavement and privation: pachakuti, or the disruption of the universe. But pachakuti also contains the assumption that the cosmic order will be restored, ushering in...
At first blush, as a Catholic, I found disturbing the singer's recent performance on Saturday Night Live, where she ripped to shreds an 8" by 10" color photo of the pontiff, while shouting "fight the real enemy". Initially, I equated this act with the disruption of the mass at...
The surge in nontraditional families increases the risk of disruption. "There are more incidents of incest reported in stepfamilies than in biological families," observes Lynn Reynolds of the Institute Against Social Violence, in Briarcliff Manor, New York. Adopted children may be particularly vulnerable; no matter how well they are treated...
That is a common complaint. "Your feet are in both camps, but your heart is in neither," observes Eric. "You have the opportunity to experience a kind of richness, but you constantly feel you have to make a choice." But forcing a selection may not be the wisest course. "You...
Since the Industrial Revolution, gases like carbon dioxide and methane have been wafting into the atmosphere, where they let the sun's rays in to warm the earth but keep excess heat from escaping back into space. Acting like the glass walls of a greenhouse, these gases have forced the...