Opinion

An Indigenous approach shows how changing the clocks for Daylight Saving Time runs counter to human nature – and nature itself

In this Indigenous context, Daylight Saving Time is nonsensical – if not outright comical. Time can’t be changed any more than a clock’s hands can grab the Sun and move its position in the sky. The ...

What’s the difference between ghosts and demons? Books, folklore and history reflect society’s supernatural beliefs

Demons, by contrast, were almost always malevolent tricksters who served the Devil. Demons lacked knowledge of what it meant to be human. Hell was the demons’ lair. Early modern texts describe them ...