Enlightened CommUnity This entry was submitted to the Buckminster Fuller Challenge by Timothy Wilken on October 24th, 2011. . . Summarize your proposal: We propose to create a working prototype […]
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The Dangers of Plutocracy
Today’s author, an American scientist writing in 1893, describes our current political crisis in eerily accurate detail. This essay would be appropriate if it appeared in today’s newspaper, and is […]
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StarChild Science—Judy Wilken writes: If you’re like a duck on the pond and think everything seems to be ok in the kitchen, just walk into any upscale eatery on a […]
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God Enough
Today’s article is an interview of synergic scientist Stuart Kauffman. It was originally posted at Salon.com on November 19th of 2008. Kauffman agues that we should see the ceaseless creativity […]
Continue readingFor the times they are a-changin’
Timothy Wilken I began college in September of 1963. We were four years into the Viet Nam War, which would last another 12 years. The country was rapidly becoming divided […]
Continue readingWAR: The Fiscal Stimulus of Last Resort
Wise woman Ellen Brown schools us today in the roles that stimulus can play in our economic fortunes, and why WAR is possibly the worst way to stimulate an economy. […]
Continue readingThe 545 People Responsible for all of America’s Woes?
Terry Wilken, editor of the RWWNL, forwards this amazing essay which was first posted in 1985. The essay has been updated and reposted in many places since then, but even […]
Continue readingRussian Roulette and the Debt Crisis
Today wise woman, Ellen Brown shows us there are many other actions that our government could choose to resolve our economic problems. … Reposted from the July 31 issue of […]
Continue readingHow Financial Oligarchy Replaces Democracy
Timothy Wilken I think it is slowly becoming obvious to most thinking humans that financial oligarchies have taken control of the western democracies. This is certainly true for Western Europe […]
Continue readingJapan’s Wrong Turn
By the end of the 1990’s, the Japanese Miracle had faded. While they still were/are making some good products, they had lost their advantage. Why? What went wrong. … I […]
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