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Sting & his guitar
'I will reapply the needle of the record player again and again to the bars of music that seem beyond my analysis, like a safecracker picking a lock, until the prize is mine.' Sting's personal story on the making of a musical legend. Sting | September 2004 issue Music has always been my refuge Read More...
Children and other living things
Gregory Colbert's amazing photos of animal life | June 2005 Read More...
Why faster is not better
Speedy transport means you spend more, not less, time in your car. Tijn Touber | July 2004 issue In a time when cars, trains and airplanes move faster than ever, you would expect we would reach all of our destinations more quickly. Strangely enough, that’s usually not the case, according to Read More...
Poor countries are guinea pigs for pharmaceutical tests
Poor countries are guinea pigs for pharmaceutical tests Tijn Touber| October 2006 issue John Le Carré’s bestselling novel The Constant Gardener showed how pharmaceutical companies test new medicines in Africa, even when troubling questions exist about their safety and reliability. Unfortunately, Read More...
If games had come before books...
In his book Everything Bad Is Good For You, Steven Johnson contends that video games and television programs are making us increasingly intelligent. What if video and computer games had been invented first, he wonders, and books had come later? | September 2006 issue “Reading books chronically Read More...
One last thing...
Marco Visscher | October 2006 issue “It’s important to be lazy” I don’t have time to be lazy! Al Gini: “You’re not alone. We work 50 to 60 hours a week. We have been seduced by the idea that all work is good and leads to success. This work ethic is an invention of factory owners and Read More...
A magical place just beyond Hollywood
A new club delivers movies that stir our souls Tijn Touber | October 2005 Read More...
Medical miracles
Spontaneous recovery is common among patients, but rarely talked about by doctors Tijn Touber | September 2006 issue Mr. Wright was seriously ill. With tumours the size of oranges in his neck, under his arms, in his chest and pelvic area, he didn’t have long to live. Or so his doctor told him. Read More...
A writer's worst fear
Giving thanks for a fiasco Tijn Touber | December 2005 issue While waiting for an airplane flight, I put the finishing touches on an article I had been working on for a week. I packed away my laptop feeling satisfied. Boy that felt good. Now I could get some sleep on the plane. A couple of Read More...
Caf
A new method for promoting dialogue results in collective wisdom. Marco Visscher | May 2005 issue How do you keep public participation high in a community where things are already running well? Once you’ve succeeded increasing public involvement in political decisions? When you’ve managed to Read More...