On Dec. 21, Bill Moyers interviewed Benjamin R. Barber, author of more than 17 books and frequent essayist.
On Moyers web site, they posted this quote from Barber’s new book, CONSUMED: HOW MARKETS CORRUPT CHILDREN, INFANTILIZE ADULTS, AND SWALLOW CITIZENS WHOLE”
Capitalism has put democracy in trouble, because capitalism has tried to persuade us that being a […]

Posted by Jock Gill
Oregon science teacher a mega-hit on YouTube
09:34 AM PST on Monday, December 17, 2007
Associated Press
INDEPENDENCE, Ore. — Often, the kind of videos that blow up on YouTube involve scantily clad girls, or stupid pet tricks. But a nine-minute, 33-second video on the perils of global warming made by Central High School science […]

Author: Dr. Farooq Hassan*
In the US right now an acute debate with single focused and one sided objective is going on about how to ensure that the president is ‘persuaded’ to have the forthcoming election fundamentally free from his personal grasp and junta’s influence. This is on account of the fact that without a single […]

Author: Jock Gill
I just watched “The War Room“, a film about the 1992 Clinton Campaign, for the first time since 1993.
Watching this film of politics from 15 years ago is an experience I recommend highly. In 1992, Bush, and esp. Mary Maitlan, one of his senior campaign staffers, worked […]

Author: Jock Gill
Clearly all cultures have what might be called their DNA. This cultural DNA appears to determine the nature of a culture and the boundaries within which it can “thrive”. Given that cultures, like organisms, live in an ever changing “context”, it is no surprise that the DNA of a culture is […]

By: DR FAROOQ HASSAN
The Bush administration until recently backed Musharraf, because it needed him in its War on Terror. However, it was realised in time that it is wrong to think that support for the rule of law in Pakistan is at variance with the war against terrorists. Backing Musharraf, and his martial law, only […]

Author: Jock Gill
As we consider our choices for a better tomorrow, at least a livable tomorrow, it is clear that one requirement is that we take a fresh look at how we use our resources. Are we making the best possible use of them such that they can best serve the greatest number of […]