Search
Total number of posts: 22708
What you don't know about Muslims
We define our faith in our own ways, no matter what Western media and Middle Eastern mullahs tell us. Tasneem Jamal| November 2006 issue By Recent articles throughout the media, including Canada’s Globe and Mail newspaper, imply that Islam is an inherently violent religion. It must be true, they Read More...
Category 3: Business
The candidates for the category 'The best companies' | October 2004 issue Berries The power of the Amazon It began with a few friends who were surfing in Brazil. Local surfers introduced them to a very powerful fruit; a berry called açaí. They were so enthusiastic they wanted to share it with Read More...
Get slow in 8 days!
The ultimate toolkit to get slow. Effective and fast! Marco Visscher and Jay Walljasper | July 2004 issue Leave your watch on the bedside table. Check your e-mail only two or three times a day. Take the scenic route. Light candles before you start cooking dinner. Make up rituals. Say a silent word Read More...
What would nature do?
The emerging science of biomimicry promises inventive breakthroughs in nearly every field of technology and designJanine Benyus | November 2004 issue Biomimicry is innovation inspired by nature, looking to nature as a teacher. One language caveat here: Inherent in the phrase “looking to Read More...
Hiphop = freedom
Don Popo raps about a better future for Colombia's kids Marco Visscher | December 2004 issue Half-way through our conversation, his eyes suddenly begin to sparkle. Don’t you get it, they seem to say? “To us, hiphop isn’t simply a music style,” he patiently explains. “To us hiphop is a Read More...
Creating medicine for diseases caused by poverty
Maverick medical researchers do what pharmaceutical companies will not Jay Walljasper | November 2006 issue When you combine two important subjects covered in the headlines these days—world poverty and extravagant profits in the health-care industry—a challenging and depressing new issue Read More...
I am because you are
Ode invited Baffour Ankomah, chief-editor of New African magazine, to explain Africa's wisdom to the rest of the world. Baffour Ankomah | September 2004 issue A friend in Prague forwarded me one of those ubiquitous e-mails that are sent and re-sent to everybody around the world who happens to have Read More...
This doctor specializes in house calls
Vera Cordeiro's work begins after a child is released from a Brazilian hospital Andi McDaniel | November 2006 issue Vera Cordeiro’s maternal instincts run deep—so deep they don’t stop with her own two children. As a physician and the founder of Saúde-Criança Renascer (“Children’s Health Read More...
One last thing...
... "the better a country's social system, the taller its population" Marco Visscher | September 2004 issue Hold on a minute, first the figures. “The tallest people in the world are the Dutch. Then come the Scandinavians. Other socially-minded Europeans are growing fast.” But isn’t the Read More...
Arab journalists struggle for press freedom
Despite interference from Arab regimes and the U.S., hope can be found in the internet, satellite dishes and the "Al-Jazeera effect" Marco Visscher | November 2004 issue A joke circulated recently at a meeting of editors from the Middle East noted that their work was being monitored by Read More...