Looking for signs
This gift is in the little everyday things Paulo Coelho | May 2004 issue We tend to assume that life will give us another chance tomorrow at whatever came up yesterday and today. But if we really pay attention, we see that no single day is like another. Every morning brings a hidden blessing that Read More...
A president from Venus
America, the nation dedicated to the pioneer spirit, has turned out to be a stronghold for men. But if an 11-inch-tall doll with long blonde hair and permanently arched feet has her way, things are about to change. Jurriaan Kamp and Tijn Touber | April 2004 issue In May 2000 the Mattel company Read More...
A lamp-post is also made of iron
Research on the edge of nature and technology. Luke Disney | March 2004 issue Where do the realms of the natural environment end and the new frontiers of man-made technology begin? According to Oliver Lowenstein, founder and editor-in-chief of Fourth Door Review, it’s hard to draw the line. Read More...
Love politics
The Alliance of the New Humanity: A remarkable peace initiative. Jurriaan Kamp| March 2004 issue Inside the gigantic hotel and conference centre of a Puerto Rican resort, you only catch a glimpse of the gateway to peace after you’ve passed several stands promoting pills and powders.The gateway to Read More...
What belongs to no one, belongs to everyone
Citizens: shareholders in our common wealth Anke Welten | March 2004 issue Each year every resident of Alaska looks forward to receiving a cheque for a hefty sum from the government. The money is not some kind of compensation for living in an extreme climate. Rather it represents a share of the Read More...
The death of a democracy
A stunning documentary reveals how the 2000 American presidential election was stolen.Luke Disney | January 2004 issue ‘It can’t be true!’ was the incredulous reaction that stayed with me throughout ‘Unprecedented: The 2000 Presidential Election’, a documentary from Richard Ray Pérez and Read More...
Man is not an isolated creature on a lonely planet
Our November cover story on the Zero Point Field roused a wide range of comments and questions from our readers. For many the promise of a new way of looking at the world and our place in it came as a revelation, for others it was confirmation of what they had long suspected or believed. A month Read More...
Growing appeal
The resurgence of timber in European buildingLuke Disney | December 2003 issue Who wood have thought it? Centuries after Europeans largely abandoned it in favour of more fire-resistant, stronger and more ‘modern’ alternatives, timber is showing signs of staging a comeback on the continent’s Read More...
Becoming We
'We'-thinkers maintain their hard-won intellectual and emotional freedoms while connecting with the greater whole. Tijn Touber's column. Tijn Touber | December 2003 issue My friend Jaap has written a book about the transition that we, world citizens, are now facing: the transition to thinking in Read More...
And now in other news...
Dissatisfaction with ever-bigger media companies stimulates growth of alternative news sources. Marco Visscher | November 2003 issue Earlier this year, an American Senate committee asked media tycoon Rupert Murdoch to justify the fact that each week his radio stations dedicate over 300 hours to Read More...