Miscellaneous
The whole world is blogging!
The great promise of this democratic tool depends on participation by all people Jay Walljasper | May 2006 issue “I have no interest in being anti-establishment,” proclaims Matt Stoller, a leading progressive blogger on at the popular U.S. web site MyDD.com. “We’re going to be the Read More...
A few days to live
A remarkable discovery about life from the deathbed Tijn Touber | May 2006 issue I knew a man who discovered, as he lay dying, that he had only been on Earth for a few days. He was nearly 70 years old when he died, but according to him, he had only really been alive a few days. Those several days Read More...
Is morality a wild thing?
Some scientists believe animals are capable of sympathy, shame and compassion Tijn Touber | May 2006 issue Morality is usually seen as the exclusive province of humans with highly developed brains. But world-famous primatologist Frans de Waal believes primates like chimpanzees and bonobos are moral Read More...
The Manifesto of the Cloud Appreciation Society
Ode to clouds | May 2006 Read More...
Animals, up close and personal
The story--and portfolio--of a wildlife photographer who never runs from a shot. Steve Bloom | May 2006 Read More...
From here to Africa
People trying to help the poor are often targets of criticism. They are not effective, their intentions are not pure. But once you've witnessed desperation in fellow humans' eyes, things change. Ralf Bodelier | May 2006 issue If Veronica Kuchikonde hadn’t called that November evening in 1999 I Read More...
The Disunited States of America
Looking a half-century into the future, a maverick businessman warns that America may fall apart as a nation. He believes the U.S. can avoid this fate--but that it will require some radical steps right now.Jurriaan Kamp | March 2006 issue In 1950 the United Nations had 50 members. Today there are Read More...
Gulag Pyongyang
New graphic novel paints daily life under North Korea's dictatorship Marco Visscher | March 2006 Read More...
Beware of the white man
Filmmaker Michael Moore is certain that most of the world's problems are caused by whites: 'Every time I see a white man coming towards me, I get nervous.'Michael Moore | June 2003 issue I don’t know what it is, but every time I see a white guy walking toward me, I tense up. My heart starts Read More...
...and nothing else
Urtekram, the Danish pioneer in organic food and natural-care products, has nothing to hide. The company considers it the most normal thing in the world to do good things in the world.Marco Visscher | March 2006 issueIntet andet reads the label of Urtekram products—“nothing else.” For all of Read More...