Miscellaneous
Don't be overwhelmed by thoughts
Let your experiences make you happyTijn Touber | Jan/Feb 2006 issue The other day I was walking along the beach with a friend. The sun was setting and the water took on an orange hue as a fishing boat slowly glided by with a whole flock of seagulls in its wake. I breathed the cool sea air Read More...
Perchance to pick one's nose
Musings on life, death and the nature of reality Jan Morris | June 2005 issue This is what I dreamed. It was a short dream. I dreamed that Elizabeth said to me, casually over our coffee, “By the way, when you had the paper held up before your face before supper, was it because you were Read More...
My beef with Big Media
Fewer and fewer corporations control an ever larger share of what we see in the media. Ted Turner warns that this is a dangerous development for the public, for democracy--even for capitalism itself. Ted Turner | May 2005 issue In the late 1960s, when Turner Communications was a business of Read More...
One last thing...
"Everyone should pay in mondos" Marco Visscher | December 2005 issue What’s a mondo? “It could be the name of a new global currency that everyone on this planet could use.” Why would we need one? “It makes any national economy more reliable, because there will be no more uncertainty Read More...
Our best route to prosperity and social harmony
How upcoming economic shifts can benefit everyone Jay Walljasper | October 2005 issue The economic fate of nations through history has been decided on the basis of maritime power, industrial prowess or, more recently, technological capacity. But as we move into the 21st century it looks as Read More...
Think like a fish
Iceland's Orri Vigf Andi McDaniel| July/Aug 2006 Read More...
(Out)spoken poetry
The spoken-word movement brings images, messages and actions back to the community. Najiba Abdellaoui | September 2005 issue The DJ calmly adjusts his knobs while music thunders from the speakers to a packed audience waiting for the show to begin. Welcome to an evening of poetry. Welcome to Read More...
Into Afria
The Maasai, a Nomadic African tribe, are being exploited by tourism, critics say. An honest photo essay on a disappearing civilization through rituals and traditions. | July 2004 Read More...
Radio Free Jakarta
Kids living in a garbage dump broadcast messages of fun and hope with their own radio station Paul Schmelzer | November 2004 Read More...
On complete loneliness
Paulo Coelho: We all want someone by our side, to witness beauty, discuss life or even to share a sandwich with. Paulo Coelho | October 2004 Read More...