Extract from The Economist
Islam’s Philosophical Divide
August 12, 2011Islam’s Philosophical Divide
August 12, 2011Extract from The Economist
Thomas Friedman: U.S. Can Lead the Green Revolution and Renew Itself
June 9, 2011We need to get back to an America that’s about the Fourth of July and not 9/11,” maintained Friedman, who believes the United States needs to assume a more active and less defensive posture in the world. “We get our groove back as a country…by taking the lead in solving the world’s biggest problems,” which he said include climate change, rising energy demand, and biodiversity loss.
Agreed, because 4th of July is my favorite holiday.
What the science of human nature can teach us…
June 9, 2011The traits that do make a difference are poorly understood, and can’t be taught in a classroom, no matter what the tuition: the ability to understand and inspire people; to read situations and discern the underlying patterns; to build trusting relationships; to recognize and correct one’s shortcomings; to imagine alternate futures
A Reporter at Large: The Extremist : The New Yorker 2003
May 19, 2011There must have been thirty thousand chickens sitting silently on the floor in front of me. They didn’t move, didn’t cluck. They were almost like statues of chickens, living in nearly total darkness, and they would spend every minute of their six-week lives that way.
This is the article that made me a vegetarian instantly.
A Reporter at Large: The Extremist : The New Yorker 2003
May 19, 2011There must have been thirty thousand chickens sitting silently on the floor in front of me. They didn’t move, didn’t cluck. They were almost like statues of chickens, living in nearly total darkness, and they would spend every minute of their six-week lives that way.
This is the article that made me a vegetarian instantly.



