Miscellaneous
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 | Jan/Feb 2009 issue Chetan Kumar began to suspect he had cancer a year ago, but kept pushing himself through the dizzy Read More...
Video: Willie's work
Ode Editors | Jan/Feb 2009 issue Click here to watch the Read More...
Profile of Martin Vosseler
Editors | Jan/Feb 2009 issue The physiologically-designed, Birkenstockish rubber sandals and home-knit-looking socks on Martin Vosseler's feet have obviously seen a fair amount of travel. As has the red out-door jacket and the bulging backpack slung over his shoulder when meet up at Read More...
The art of receiving
Receiving is harder than giving, but can lead to even greater personal and spiritual growth. Hilary Hart | December 2008 issue During a visit to Paris, my mother bought me a gift and dropped it in the mail. I didn’t receive it very well. I tore away the brown paper packaging and, at the first Read More...
A sustainable alternative to the financial meltdown
Although the global financial problems are causing trouble for investors now, they could lead to something better – for investors and the environment. Marco Visscher and Janet Paskin | December 2008 issue Like many entrepreneurs, David Griswold started his business with a big vision and a Read More...
Death of a paradigm
The current economic pain must result in a greater collective gain. Noreena Hertz | December 2008 issue We’re witnessing the death of a paradigm. As is usual at moments of mourning, such a claim is met by denial, resistance and anger from the initiators and defenders of the old faith. But it Read More...
The meaning of money
A more sustainable financial system must involve consumers, too. Here are five things you can do right now to make a difference. Janet Paskin | December 2008 issue It’s not just investment bankers who’ve been hit hard by the financial crisis. Millions of regular people have seen huge holes Read More...
Our lady and the juggler
Invisible gifts produce visible results. Paulo Coelho | December 2008 issue A medieval legend tells us that in the country we know today as Austria, the Burkhard family, a man, a woman and a child used to amuse people at Christmas parties by reciting poetry, singing ancient troubadour ballads and Read More...
Arab-Muslim culture rocks!
How the Arab and Muslim worlds have influenced America for the better. Jonathan Curiel | December 2008 issue Photo: iStockphoto.com He wasn’t on the cover. That honor went to B.B. King, Jimmy Page, Omar Rodriguez-Lopez and Eddie Van Halen, but Dick Dale was still a prominent part of Rolling Read More...
“Age and youth have the same appetites but not the same teeth”
An aphorism by James Geary, author of The World in a Phrase and Geary's Guide to the World's Great Aphorists. James Geary | December 2008 issue Teeth are the feet of the mouth. Overlooked and unloved, they crunch through rough vegetal underbrush and wade knee-deep through vast morasses of meat. Read More...