A year ago Kane Ryan decided to make the change from traveller and observer to someone with the ability to change, however small, the lives of the poor in India. That was the beginning of The Dirty Wall Project, a tiny charity with a very big vision. This is the first of Kane’s series of special posts for Life As A Human as he begins his journey back to the slums of India.
A Slightly Immodest Proposal
There is a plague of government workers upon the land and we may have to turn to the 18th century essayist Jonathan Swift and his Modest Proposal for a solution. With apologies to Mr. Swift.
How to Respond to the Building of Controversial New York Mosque
Nathan Thompson reflects on some of the vicious and destructive comments by people who are against the building of a Cordoba House mosque and Islamic cultural Center near Ground Zero in New York.
Taking a Commission on Compassion
That Kind of Girl takes a look at how compassion has become an industry in which some non-profits compete for a smaller piece of the pie in a dog-eat-dog capitalist approach to pulling in charity dollars.
Who Stole The Night And With It, The Stars?
Ever since I was a young boy, I have loved the night sky. A favorite thing was to lie on my back, look up at all the stars and wonder if anyone else was up there, looking back at me. In my mind, I would trace out my own asterisms and give them goofy names. […]
Victims and Bullies:The Destructive Cycle of People and Politics
Mary Rose says we have become “masters at controlling others but is it now time to master control of self.” The survival of our species and our planet depends upon it.
Sheena Iyengar On the Art of Choosing: TED Video
Have you ever had trouble make a choice? Would you ever let someone choose for you? Should you? Sheena Iyengar has studied how we make choices and and how we feel about the choices we make. In this TED video, she provides fascinating insight into how we make the choices that build our lives.
No, Your Mean Girls Probably Didn’t Peak in High School
Is it is myth that Mean Girls left their best days behind them in high school? We might wish they all turned into has-been uglies but wishing doesn’t always make it so.
Do “Looney” Cartoon Characters Show Signs of Mental Illness?
It’s a hotbed of psychopathology rivaling that of any daytime soap opera. These individuals cover the entire spectrum of mental illness as outlined by the psychiatrist’s bible, the so called DSM-IV (revised).
I am referring, of course, to the stable of unstable “Retro” cartoon characters to which Warner Brothers subjects our children on a regular basis.
Che Guevara Conference Takes Place in East Van as G8/G20 Leaders Meet Behind Barricades in Toronto
As G8/G20 world leaders met behind barricades and riot police lines in Toronto, Canada, I was in a run-down community hall in East Vancouver listening to people from one of the world’s poorest countries talk with pride about their gains in healthcare and literacy and refer to their leaders by their first names: Fidel, Che, Camilo, Raul.
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