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Our natural instinct to heal
No more Freud. No more Prozac. French psychiatrist David Servan-Schreiber shows how the body can heal stress, anxiety and depression. Tijn Touber | July/Aug 2006 issue “Look,” says David Servan-Schreiber, as he pulls a tin of sardines from the shelf of a Parisian supermarket, “the label Read More...
What's so funny about world poverty?
The new film Girl in the Caf Marco Visscher | December 2005 issue When the world’s first romantic comedy about combatting poverty appears on DVD and the screenplay was written by Richard Curtis, it’s a must-see. Not only is Curtis guaranteed to keep you entertained (among other Read More...
Waive Benjamin's fight for free education in Nigeria
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Be The Beatles
It's time to remake the world the way they did Tijn Touber| July/Aug 2006 issue I recently spent 10 hours watching The Beatles Anthology, a five-DVD portrayal of the “Fab Four.” I saw them as innocent boys performing in a nightclub called The Cavern. I saw them playing for the queen of England Read More...
The bad effects of good conscience
German therapist Bert Hellinger makes the case for knowing your dark side Tijn Touber | July/Aug 2006 issue How can people humiliate, torture or kill each other without feeling guilty? How can members of whole population groups plunder and exterminate one another without remorse? German therapist Read More...
"Why not capitalism for developing countries?"
GrameenPhone architect Iqbal Quadir saw potential for success--from both a business and humanitarian perspective--in his idea of introducing mobile telephones to the remote villages of Bangladesh. He was born in Bangladesh and is now a fellow at Harvard's Center for Business and Government, where Read More...
Water of life
Three simple inventions bring clean water to the poorest corners of the planet Andi McDaniel | November 2005 issue Throughout wide stretches of the developing world, clean water can’t be taken for granted. Too often, it’s the source of deadly bacterial diseases like typhoid, cholera, and e. Read More...
This I believe
Novelist Isabel Allende endured the most wrenching experience a human can suffer: the death of child. She describes here what she learned. Isabel Allende | September 2005 issue I have lived my life with passion and in a hurry, trying to accomplish too many things. I never had time to think Read More...
Don't just do something, stand there
Next time you want to fix someone's problems, try listening instead Kim Ridley | July/Aug 2006 issue On a summer day, longtime youth worker John Bell was walking down the street when he saw a boy fall off his bicycle and skin his knee. The boy grimaced in pain as he clutched his knee, but he Read More...
Understanding the universe on its own terms
Satish Kumar--who has led a remarkable life as a monk, activist, teacher and magazine editor--addresses one of the most central, yet often ignored, subjects of our time: how the universe transcends its own divisions to exist as a glorious whole. Satish Kumar | June 2005 issue Matter and spirit Read More...