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Is God a delusion?
Neale Donald Walsch, author of Conversations with God, responds to biologist Richard Dawkins' assertion that God does not exist in any form. Neale Donald Walsch| March 2007 issue English scientist Richard Dawkins ignited a fierce debate with his book The God Delusion (Houghton Mifflin, 2006) - Read More...
The power of intention
A lesson from sports champions: The power of intention changes reality. Your health. Your career. Your world. Lynne McTaggart | Jan/Feb 2007 issue Seven weeks before Muhammad Ali met World Heavyweight Champion George Foreman for their “rumble in the jungle” at Kinshasa in 1975, Ali practised Read More...
The boss who breaks all the rules
Ricardo Semler's employees set their hours, determine their salaries and choose their bosses. Meet the Brazilian businessman who does everything differently. Dominique Haijtema | Jan/Feb 2007 issue His favourite questions start with "why.” Why should employees feel compelled to read their emails Read More...
Paradise reclaimed
Seoul, South Korea, puts a new spin on progress by bulldozing a highway to build a park. John Vidal| March 2007 issue A year ago, several million people headed to a spot in the centre of Seoul, the capital of South Korea, to celebrate the opening of a new park. This was obviously not your ordinary Read More...
Another world is possible
A conversation with Chico Whitaker, founder of the World Social Forum and latest winner of the Alternative Nobel Prize Marco Visscher | Jan/Feb 2007 issue Tension hung in the air. The third World Social Forum (WSF) was to be held the next day and Porto Alegre’s university was preparing for an Read More...
A new uproar over The Da Vinci Code
Protests about the book and movie spread to the Muslim world, uniting disparate believers. Najiba Abdellaoui | Jan/Feb 2007 issue The controversial religious thriller The Da Vinci Code prompted a firestorm of debate across the Arab world. In Egypt, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Syria and Jordan, the movie Read More...
Laughing at Osama
Muslim stand-up comic Shazia Mirza shatters taboos all around. Tijn Touber| Jan/Feb 2007 issue My name is Shazia Mirza; at least that’s what it says on my pilot’s licence.” This is how Muslim stand-up comedienne Shazia Mirza opened her routine after the 9/11 terrorist attacks. It had taken Read More...
Pulling themselves up by their keyboards
By bringing computers into slums, an Indian physicist shows that illiterate children can educate themselves - and help their country progress. Lex Veldhoen | Jan/Feb 2007 issue The alleys are narrow in Madangir, a slum on the edge of New Delhi. Rickety huts crammed together house emigrants from Read More...
Raging hormones
Everyday chemicals affect children's sexual development Kim Ridley| Jan/Feb 2007 issue Kids these days are growing up too fast— in more ways than one. American girls are reaching puberty up to a year earlier than in previous generations, with some children showing signs of sexual development as Read More...
Supplementing global health
Howard Schiffer and Vitamin Angels are saving the world one multivitamin at a time Matt Kettmann| Jan/Feb 2007 issue What the world needs now is not love, but vitamins. That’s what 40-year-old Howard Schiffer realized in 1994 after an earthquake hit the former vitamin salesman’s hometown of Read More...