Monthly Archives: July 2009

The overview of the book by Chris Hedges is so well articulated I have to share it. By Tirdad Derakhshani Inquirer Staff Writer Real power in America doesn’t reside in citizens, or the government, but in corporations. So argues Chris … Continue reading →

Read this brilliant and humorous chapter from Chris Hedges’ new book and marvel as the Pulitzer-prize-winning war correspondent makes sense of reality television. Adapted from “Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle,” available from Nation … Continue reading →

I am grateful for Dr. Wayne Dyer.  He has been inspiring me for almost 30 years.  In his latest book EXCUSES BEGONE he tells the following story about the value of compassion. It seems that a woman who lived a … Continue reading →

By Bill Maher Posted: July 23, 2009 11:56 PM   How about this for a New Rule: Not everything in America has to make a profit. It used to be that there were some services and institutions so vital to … Continue reading →

Posted on Jul 16, 2009 By William Pfaff ATHENS—The peculiar charm of the anthropomorphic gods of classical Greece is that they were so like us, exemplifying our weaknesses and follies, inspiring the mortal occupants of Attic Greece to the invention of philosophy—the … Continue reading →