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Spaceship Earth: Navigators Wanted
Forty-one years ago, Buckminster Fuller published his “Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth: A Bold Blueprint for Survival that Diagnoses the Causes of the Environmental Crisis.” In it, he claimed …
Rep Alan Grayson Introduces the War Is Making You Poor Act
Rep. Alan Grayson Introduces the War Is Making You Poor Act (Video)
When the Leaders Lead, the People Have Sorrow
Many are familiar with the adage, “When the people lead, the leaders will follow.” But what happens when people enable leaders to follow the dictates of the powerful? These …
Two Stories, One Truth
My morning routine has been a standardized thing for many years now. I roll out of bed, turn on “Sportscenter” in the living room, get the coffee going in …
Saving Energy Means Getting the South on Board
Coal-fueled region uses more energy per capita and pays less for it than the U.S. overall. Twelve of the 16 Southern states rank in the bottom half of the …
Washington Food Fight Pits Big Producers Against Local Farms
Washington - There's a food fight under way between Capitol Hill and the Agriculture Department, and it's about small potatoes. Organic small potatoes. Big ones, too, as well as …
Eugene Robinson | Give Some Answers, Dr. Paul
Washington - Not so fast, everybody. Rand Paul can't abruptly disavow the extremist views on civil rights that he's been espousing for years and expect us all to just …
Back to Marx: How Can His Work Help Us to Understand Modern Times?
The world economic crisis has ended the taboo on referring to Marx. More and more works are being published on the author of Das Kapital, and the press is …
James Howard Kunstler | Out of Darkness
If the Devil created an anti-city, a place where people would feel least human, Atlanta would surely be that place — despite the prayerful babble of tongues emanating from …