Miscellaneous
Positive power to the press
Journalists have a duty to spread hope Jay Walljasper | October 2005 issue You can call me one of Woodstein’s children. That was the name for American kids growing up during the Watergate era who, watching Washington Post Reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein bring the Nixon Read More...
Saving Somalia's daughters
Hawa Aden Mohamed tirelessly challenges female genital mutilation | June 2005 Read More...
One last thing...
"We need a tax on energy and natural resources" Eckart Wintzen | July/Aug 2006 issue What’s wrong with the current tax structure? Eckart Wintzen: “The government [especially in Europe] imposes a payroll tax so companies want to hire as few people as possible because labour is so heavily taxed. Read More...
The happiest man on earth
The Pope hung his own necklace around United Nations diplomat Robert Muller's neck. A North American Indian chief did the same. Muller still wears them both. Ode spoke with this unusual emissary of hope who has had considerable influence in the world. Tijn Touber | Jan/Feb 2006 issue When Read More...
Peace armies fight violence with nonviolence
Could non violent intervention do a better job of bringing democracy to Iraq? Tijn Touber | November 2005 issue Not all the news from troubled zones is sad and tragic. The British magazine New Internationalist (August 2005) points to a number of positive developments being carried out as part Read More...
The American dream vs. the European dream
For many people around the world, the American dream means prosperity and progress. But how is the dream holding up these days? | Jan/Feb 2005 Read More...
One last thing...
"video games make you wiser" Marco Visscher | April 2005 issue What is the educational value of Vice Craft, Deus X and other video games? “All skills that schools are trying to teach children, my son encounters in the video games he’s playing. Reading, math, doing research, social Read More...
The bees do it
Top companies look to insects for business innovations Tijn Touber | July/Aug 2005 issue What can a major company learn from ants? Plenty. So much, in fact, that Siemens, the German electronics giant, is shifting a part of its production process to an operational method inspired by these Read More...
In search of the perfect wave
Best-selling author Sergio Bambar Tijn Touber | September 2004 Read More...
The magic of a musical world
Putumayo records brings us great songs from everywhere. Tijn Touber | October 2004 Read More...