Miscellaneous
Life goes on
Tijn Touber | December 2005 issue When the The Lancet published his study of near-death experiences, Dutch cardiologist Pim van Lommel couldn’t have known it would make him into one of the world’s most-talked-about scientists. It seems everyone wants to know about the man who managed to get his Read More...
Feeding our sanity
Prince Charles explains why local food is healthy for our communities. "We no more want to eat anonymous junk food which can be bough anywhere." Prins Charles | May 2005 issue I have always believed that agriculture is not only the oldest, but also the most important of humanity’s productive Read More...
Just like in the movies
Heroes of Hollywood films follow the same patterns as our own real-life experiences. Use your favorite movies as keys to recognizing these phases in your own life and discover the hero within you. Tijn Touber and Manfred van Doorn | September 2005 issue 1. The prologue During the opening Read More...
The most unusual college in the world
Ode visits KaosPilots--a remarkable business school in Denmark Marco Visscher | October 2005 issue Instead of writing papers for their business class, five Scandinavian students—all of them women—used a school assignment to do a good deed for fellow young people in Bosnia. They rented a Read More...
Miracle on Elm Street
A happy reminder that hope still reigns in the worldJay Walljasper | November 2004 issue I am sitting right now in what I jokingly refer to as Ode’s Western Hemisphere Editorial Headquarters, a/k/a the back bedroom of my house in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. At least that’s what I called it Read More...
One last thing...
"A teacher should not give grades" Marco Visscher | June 2005 issue What’s wrong with giving grades? We’ve done so for many generations. “Putting a grade on a paper implies that the work is done instead of providing feedback about how to improve it. I refuse to let my students be Read More...
Back to the land
Homeless revive the Polish countryside. A portrait of Tomas Sadowski who has found the ultimate solution for the problems of the homeless in the city, as well as the deserted rural areas. | July 2004 Read More...
In praise of idleness
The key to happiness is doing nothing in particular | April 2005 Read More...
The ABCs of homeopathy
Kim Ridley | Jan/Feb 2006 issue Homeopathic remedies, which come in pellet, tablet and liquid form, are widely available in Europe and in many natural-food stores and alternative-medicine pharmacies in the U.S. There are two basic categories of remedies: disease-specific preparations like Read More...
Look at the bright side
Why optimism is your best strategyJurriaan Kamp | July/Aug 2005 issue Everyday reality seems to leave little room for optimism. Television and front page news report mainly on failure and misery: Terrorism, violence, intolerance and climate change. People everywhere are under a continual onslaught Read More...