Miscellaneous
Gloooooooobalization!
What soccer can tell us about international politics, economics and culture. A review of 'How Soccer Explains the World.' Marco Visscher | October 2004 issue Swedish Parliament Member Lars Gustafsson came up with a remarkable nomination idea for the Nobel Peace Prize: soccer. The sport, he Read More...
Saints of Pakistan
Abdul Sattar Ehdi and Bilquis Edhi, who are often praised as Muslim equivalents of Mother Teresa, run what is perhaps the world's largest volunteer organization Jay Dunn | November 2004 issue Chetan Kumar began to suspect he had cancer a year ago, but kept pushing himself through the dizzy Read More...
The unlikely rise of Nollywood
Is Nigeria's booming film industry pioneering an Afrocentric cinema or just grinding out third-rate pulp? Jonathan Kiefer| October 2006 issue Nigeria’s film industry—or Nollywood, as it’s been dubbed by the media—is the third largest in the world, behind the United States’ Hollywood and Read More...
America the na
While Europeans laugh at the U.S. for its "dreams," optimism has long been its most important export. But has that all changed since 9/11? Thomas L. Friedman | September 2005 issue Two years ago, my older daughter, Orly, played in her high school’s symphonic orchestra in a suburb of Read More...
Fill 'er up...at home
Do-it-yourself alternatives to high-priced gasoline and diesel Craig Cox | Jan/Feb 2006 Read More...
Maybe the best medicine isn't medicine
Water might be the simplest way to prevent many modern illnesses Tijn Touber | October 2006 issue In 1979, when the ayatollahs in Iran seized power from the shah, the Iranian doctor Fereydoon Batmanghelidj—like many other intellectuals—ended up in the notorious Evin prison in Tehran. One Read More...
The shoe fits
Natalie Dean creates stylish footwear even vegans can love. | September 2006 Read More...
Guess what's coming to dinner?
A new film explores unsavory questions about genetically modified food Jeremy Iggers | Jan/Feb 2005 Read More...
99% inspiration
We live in a world where it often seems that our fears outweigh our hope that things can get better. And, yes, there are many concerns worth worrying about. Yet, rather than running from the problems we must embrace a powerful tool that will help us overcome what's wrong-inspiration. It is a Read More...
Save the children
Mary Kafuko gets kids off the street in Uganda Tijn Touber | Jan/Feb 2006 Read More...