Where We Are Winning – Where We Are Losing: Futurologists Publish Annual Report on Major World Problems and Opportunities

Where We Are Winning – Where We Are Losing: Futurologists Publish Annual Report on Major World Problems and Opportunities Berlin 7th July 2010 – Can civilization implement solutions fast enough to keep ahead of the looming challenges? The Millennium Project, a global independent think tank of futurologists, and thought leaders, today published its 14th report …

Review: The Politics of Happiness–What Government Can Learn from the New Research on Well-Being

Absolutely Righteous, Mis-Leading Title June 20, 2010 Derek Bok First off, I’m back. After three months integrating into a field position with a prominent international organization, with three days off the whole time, I am finally able to get back to reading, and have about fifteen books on water I was going to read for …

The Mexico + American Narcosphere (Calling Carlos “Slim” Helu)

Excellent May 31, 2010 New Yorker article by William Finnegan called Letter from Mexico, Silver or Lead which is unfortunately only available by subscription only (click here for link to abstract also pasted below) The most telling two words of the article = “state capture.” ABSTRACT: LETTER FROM MEXICO about La Familia Michoacana and the …

Banksterism: Total Wall Street Bailout Cost, Financial Crisis Tracker

The Wall Street Bailout Cost table is produced and updated monthly by the Real Economy Project of the Center for Media and Democracy, which publishes SourceWatch. The total is reflected on the Financial Crisis Tracker widget (to the left). This calculation was peer-reviewed by economists at the Center for Economic and Policy Research in Washington, …

Worth a Look: New COIN Postings

Reference: Tactical Conflict Planning and Assessment Framework (US AID in Afghanistan) Reference: Money as Wishful Weapons System (2) Reference: Do Working Men Rebel? Insurgency and Unemployment in Iraq and the Philippines Reference: Commander’s Emergency Response Program in Counterinsurgency Warfare Reference: Five-Day Counterinsurgency Program of Instruction