Worth a Look: The Anti-Globalization Breakfast Club: Manifesto for a Peaceful Revolution

Alternative models for grass roots economic development such as micro-financing are now being widely adopted in Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and elsewhere. New views on measuring development such as GDH (gross domestic happiness) have been adopted by Bhutan rather than GDP, and China’s own hybrid approach combining market and planned policy to achieve economic transformation offer …

U.S. intelligence agencies ‘sharing too much’

Unbelievable….we cannot make this stuff up! U.S. intelligence agencies ‘sharing too much’ January 20, 2011 – 8:10am House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers (R-Mich.) in his office. (WTOP Photo/J.J. Green) J.J. Green, wtop.com WASHINGTON – Intelligence agencies may be ordered to limit the information they share. “When you look at information sharing, I think we …

Journal: Get America Working–A Conversation Part III

24 Dec Journal: Get America Working–A Conversation 3 Jan Journal: Get America Working–A Conversation Part II Andrew Carpenter responds (Robert Steele’s opening at end): I offer here a cautionary note in three areas. First, Robert, I get that you have a prior commitment to electoral reform, and that’s your proprietary thing close to your heart. …

Review: Ideas and Integrities–A Spontaneous Autobiographical Disclosure

Buckminster Fuller 6 Star and Beyond–the Essence of Fuller, the Future of Humanity November 28, 2010 I did not truly begin to understand the breadth and depth of Buckminster Fuller’s thinking until I read this book as it deserves to be read, with full attention and detailed notes. This is one of those books that …

From the Ashes: Public Daily Brief Weekly Report Archive

From 2006-2008, thousands of people subscribed to the Earth Intelligence Network’s Public Daily Brief weekly report entitled GLOBAL CHALLENGES: THE WEEK IN REVIEW – Destabilizing Threats, Stabilizing Policies, and Global Powers at a Glance. It was maintained by Winston Maike whose unexpected death/passing abruptly stopped the publication of this powerful and free global public service …