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Unjamming the future
As millions of Asians jubilantly embrace driving, some experts predict an automotive nightmare. But a group of practical visionaries around are working out a solution: fewer cars and greater mobility. Jay Walljasper | October 2005 issue I am sitting in the back of a motionless taxi on the way Read More...
The soldier in the forest
Sometimes, Paolo Coelho ponders, we need to be reminded of the unanswered questions we asked as children. Paulo Coelho | July 2004 Read More...
The republic of imagination
Post-national writers pioneer a new global literature Tijn Touber | December 2005 issue Worldwide migration, telecommunication technologies and mass media have not only made the world smaller, but mixed it all up. No culture is homogeneous anymore, no race intact, no language pure, no soccer Read More...
These not-so-united states
Is small also beautiful when it comes to countries? Jay Walljasper | March 2005 issue One hundred and forty years after the shooting stopped, the U.S. Civil War still rages on the battlefield of American politics. George Bush’s narrow re-election and the Republicans’ small gains in Congress Read More...
What happens when every student gets an A?
Music conservatory professor Benjamin Zander, who is also conductor of the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra, explains why all his students receive an A | July/Aug 2005 issue After teaching for 25 years at a music conservatory, I still run into the same obstacles. In class after class the Read More...
I love orange juice
Research points to lack of vitamin C, rather than fat, as the leading cause of heart disease Tijn Touber | July/Aug 2006 Read More...
The truth
Not something to die for Tijn Touber | September 2005 issue Recently, Ervin Laszlo, the Hungarian systems philosopher, said The British Library’s collection included the unpublished spiritual works of Isaac Newton. According to Laszlo, Newton didn’t dare go public with this material Read More...
Water world
What's it mean for us if H2O is traded like oil Jay Walljasper | July/Aug 2005 2005 Read More...
Where everyone knows your name
Why the enduring desire for community still matters Jay Walljasper | July/Aug 2005 issue Flying home from New York City last night I found myself in the midst of a wedding celebration. The young groom and a couple dozen well-wishers, all of them Orthodox Jews, were on their way to Minneapolis Read More...
The coast of bohemia
Is changing the world still hip? Jay Walljasper | March 2005 Read More...