Real Change Means McCain

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorWhoever Americans choose, whether Obama or McCain, both moderates, rest assured World Dictators and Despots will test the new US President "Hot Button". These Despots I...

New Urbanism's Moses comes to Tsawwassen

Trevor Boddy critiques a proposed new urbanist development in South Delta as "a last-gasp attempt to reform suburbanism from within,before high energy prices and new respect for land compels much denserdevelopment." "The 13th of May brought several downer developments — and...

Song Of A Thousand Feelings, Sing It Today

Song Of A Thousand Feelings, Sing It TodayBy [http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Linda_A._Perry]Linda A. PerryI do not even know you.  I have never met you.  You do not know me, yet I will bet that I know something about you.  And it is this.  You love music...

Manchester City Fans support Eriksson at Anfield

"Manchester City's fans showed loyal support to Sven Goran Eriksson at Anfield today, with many holding up the "Save Sven" back page of the Manchester Evening News, Sven masks, and Swedish flags.The City players hardly helped their manager's future, however, giving the ball...

Why corporate America wants old people dead

"Their dying makes moneyMedicine, hospitals, medical paraphernalia, are all industries thatmake money from the dying. An old person in the hospital isn’t there toget better, but rather to be kept in a state of high-maintenancealmost-deadness for as long as possible. The...

Ethan Zuckerman: the history of digital community, in less than 7 minutes

Depending on your geek cred this is either a great review or fantastic education in the historical milestones of the Internet.  "Fasten your time machine seatbelt. As part of the Berkman Center’s...

Ask a question, fool for once. Never ask, fool forever

I once read an article which mentioned the title of this post. Since then, I have been trying to follow this rule. Ever wondered whether or not to ask a question, or questions? Afraid being called stupid or foolish? Thinkingback, I have been a fool for uncountable times....

Can having Too many Ideas be Achilles' heel for Enterprising Minds?

I sometime joke that I am richer in ideas than wealth.New ideas and projects tend to bring that adrenaline rush that we might have a hard time finding in the more mundane task of seeing things to completion.It takes discipline to get there and roadblocks will show up along...

Suffering from Recipe Block: Visit 'Open Source Food': Delight your Eyes...

In the same way that writers sometime stare at a blank page and cannot seem to get going, you are sitting in your kitchen pondering what to put on the menu today.You might just be plain bored with your usual dishes and looking for new flavors or a small twist on them. One...

Multiculturalism's nemesis

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorOne of the topics in this story is about Afrocentric schools in order to house black citizens of this country in a Blacks only institution in order for Blacks to better...

Walk the walk...Tea Ceremony Maybe? Tokyo Sighseeing Tours by Foot

Rather than hop on a bus and zap through a city in an hour and hanging out only with tourists, a walking tour of any place beats it.You get the feel of the city, its smells, aromas, colors, sounds all at once. You might go into sensory overload but it is better than an...

Commentary: Five-year-olds taught philosophy

Here's a really exciting story from the BBC for all parents: It offers a rare reminder of something that western society used to be well aware of: That life is much easier and much better if we know why we want to...

Smart ideas on Vancouver's condo future

Trevor Boddy looks at a condo development in Vancouver that takes a different approach to density:  "In the worlds of real estate and architecture, it is nearly always mistaken to extrapolate the future from...

Steal this Film Part 2 - Distribution, media, copyrights, piracy - this film ...

"Steal this Film Part 2 is not simply just about piracy and copyright infringement. Even more so, it is an interesting look into how media and information have historically been shared and distributed. It doesn’t surprise me that the “Gatekeepers”, or the people...

CellCraft G440: Concept car that’ll take you places

"Jetsons dream is still alive, thanks to a few dedicated souls like the Italian stallion Gino d’Ignazio. He has conceptualized flying cars in the past to much acclaim; G420 (flying-sportscar) and the G416ef...

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