Political Wedge Issues and More Holistic Politics Everybody wants to jump on political wedge issues. Whether it be gays, guns, abortion, tax and spend, immigration and you name it each are deisgned to divide the American public. It seems to me the problems America today faces are quite evident. Read more...   The Basis for Hope by Paul Hawken. The very practices that bring us the goods and services we desire are destroying the earth. Given current corporate practices, not one wildlife reserve, wilderness, or indigenous culture will survive the global market economy. We are losing our forests, fisheries, coral reefs, topsoil, water, biodiversity, and climatic stability. The land, sea, and air have been functionally transformed from life-supporting systems into repositories for waste. Read more...   Are We Evolving? by Swami Sivananda Radha Each culture sees human life as a progression through a series of stages... in an attempt to understand the evolution of human beings. Those people on the outer circle are just holding onto life; for them it is a matter of survival. Read more...   Breaking the Cycle by Guy Finley. The important issue for those of us who wish to bring Peace into our world is the fact that any negative energy met with negative energy only causes these same dark forces to grow. What to do with the pain and anger one naturally feels? Read more...   Shop Owners Killed In Baghdad by bobby jennings London Times Reports Shop Owners Killed In Baghdad Market Where McCain and Graham Visited.  Will an obscure paragraph dispatched to the London Times by reporter James Hider in Baghdad prove a knockout punch to John McCain's presidential bid? If true it is a indictment against further similar photo ops with our troops in Iraq. If false then it would lend credibility to McCain's charge the mainstream press is not accurately reporting the news from Baghdad. Read more...   Civilization in Crisis by Richard Heinberg. It became apparent that the way of life to which we had become accustomed was polluting and exhausting the natural environment; that the rich were continually growing richer and the poor poorer. What to do about it? Read more...   Are We Programmed by TV? by Margo Adair. If we are to take seriously the many ways consciousness influences reality then we cannot ignore the impact of the media on our subjective landscapes. When we watch TV, we are in the alpha level. Much to the gratification of the advertisers, it is a highly programmable state of awareness. For too many of us, television has become a companion who is always there, doesn't argue, and is full of entertainment Read more...   A World Fit For Us by the Children's Forum. This message was drafted, debated, and agreed to by more than 300 delegates of the Children's Forum held in conjunction with the United Nations Special Session on Children. Representatives of the forum delivered the message to world leaders at the UN General Assembly on May 8th, 2002. Read more...   Crimes Against the Environment by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. I've written a book about Bush's environmental record, but it's not so much about the environment as it is about an excess of corporate power and the corrosive impact of that on our democracy. And it's not about a Democrat attacking a Republican. I've been disciplined for 20 years as an environmental advocate about being non-partisan and bi-partisan in my approach to these issues. I don't think there's any such thing as Republican children or Democratic children. But you can't talk honestly about the environment today in any context without speaking critically about this president. This is the worst environmental president we've had in American history. Read more...   Goodbye Yellow Brick Road? by bobby jennings. In 1776 the American people embarked on a joyous journey down a yellow brick road to seek the wizard of self-government. Why? Because, because, because, because, beeeeeeeeecause? While we have detoured a few times in our nation's history, one has to now question if we have finally lost our way. Read more...

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