Miscellaneous
Nine amusing ways to stay out of the therapist's office
| December 2004 issue · Try not to take yourself seriously. Stand in front of a mirror and make funny faces, even in public. · Get a pet that suits you and give it a strange name. Don’t forget to take care of it. · Get some exercise. Squash and badminton are very civilized sports that Read More...
A Kogi way of knowledge
To save Western civilization from downfall we clearly can't go back to the past; to a world without modern technology and science. And yet we can learn something from native peoples: how to live in harmony. The French researcher Éric Julien | June 2005 issue 1. All action is rooted in Read More...
Cheers!
Stephen Cipes uses ancient geometry to make fine wine Kim Ridley | November 2005 Read More...
Profile: Strive Masiyiwa
From electrotechnician to mobile magnate. Bram Posthumus | September 2004 issue Nowhere is the market for mobile telephony growing faster than in Africa, which is no surprise. The old-fashioned fixed telephone network barely functions. Particularly in major cities, the only way to reach someone is Read More...
Abandon all hope
Tijn Touber | May 2005 issue For as long as I can remember I’ve been hopeful. I always saw a solution, a way out, a better future. But recently I’ve decided I don’t want to be hopeful anymore. I don’t want to wait for a better future. I want to be despairing and hopeless. But can a Read More...
Gloooooooobalization!
What soccer can tell us about international politics, economics and culture. A review of 'How Soccer Explains the World.' Marco Visscher | October 2004 issue Swedish Parliament Member Lars Gustafsson came up with a remarkable nomination idea for the Nobel Peace Prize: soccer. The sport, he Read More...
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 | November 2004 issue Chetan Kumar began to suspect he had cancer a year ago, but kept pushing himself through the dizzy Read More...
The unlikely rise of Nollywood
Is Nigeria's booming film industry pioneering an Afrocentric cinema or just grinding out third-rate pulp? Jonathan Kiefer| October 2006 issue Nigeria’s film industry—or Nollywood, as it’s been dubbed by the media—is the third largest in the world, behind the United States’ Hollywood and Read More...
America the na
While Europeans laugh at the U.S. for its "dreams," optimism has long been its most important export. But has that all changed since 9/11? Thomas L. Friedman | September 2005 issue Two years ago, my older daughter, Orly, played in her high school’s symphonic orchestra in a suburb of Read More...
Fill 'er up...at home
Do-it-yourself alternatives to high-priced gasoline and diesel Craig Cox | Jan/Feb 2006 Read More...