Author: Timothy Wilken

Reposted from Mother Jones. Thomas Palley Many Americans have rightly identified China, uncontrolled trade deficits, and Wal-Mart style competition as looming threats to the American economy. However, they remain hard-pressed […]

Maxed Out director James Scurlock explains how without credit cards, millions of apparently middle-class Americans would live at the poverty level. Reposted from the Alternet.org website. Joshua Holland America is […]

This original essay serves as introduction to an important new book. Bill McKibben I’ve spent the last twenty years of my adult life writing and thinking about global warming. I […]

The following address was made to the students of Kansas State University on March 02, 2007. Bill Clinton For all the students here especially here’s the deal. What we’re supposed […]

Continuing from this year’s Edge Question. … What Are You Optimistic About? and Why? Larry Sanger I am optimistic about humanity’s coming enlightenment. In particular, I am optimistic about humanity’s […]

Reposted from the New York Times. Robin Marantz Henig God has always been a puzzle for Scott Atran. When he was 10 years old, he scrawled a plaintive message on […]

Continuing from this year’s Edge Question. … What Are You Optimistic About? and Why? Daniel Goleman I live in a bowl-shaped valley on the edge of the Berkshire hills in […]

This article is reposted from India’s newspaper Frontline. C.E. Karunakaran If all the people of the world had the same living style as the average American, the holocaust would have […]

This article first appeared in Harper’s Magazine under the title: Republic or Empire: A National Intelligence Estimate on the United States on February 07, 2007.  I think it warrants your […]

Continuing from this year’s Edge Question. … What Are You Optimistic About? and Why? William Calvin Mention global warming at a seasonal social gathering and see what happens, now that […]