Spiritual Capital for Social Change
When talking about capital most people think of money, gold, homes, and land. But there is a new…
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Need For a Bit More Quiet Lament
In the face of so many things happening around us, we have two options: either to ignore them,…
Is the Shape of the Earth Changing?
The Earth’s shape is becoming rounder as a result of the construction of projects like the Three Gorges…
Descent from the Ivory Tower
Refugee in a tower of agony Hungry for ceaseless beauty In love with eternity Refugee in a tower…
Dynamic Ego
Can you tell without looking at a reference point or without feeling any force due to acceleration that…
A Rationale for the Collapse of Civilizations
Any observant individual walking among the ruins of an ancient city is immediately faced with the following question:…
Constant Change and Renewal in the Universe
Since the time Galileo uttered, “But still, it moves!” when he was forced to declare a stationary Earth,…
Genomes and Languages
Languages are actually not that different from genes. Just as you would expect events like the Barbarian Migrations…
The Japanese Path to National Development
The twentieth century was marked by failed utopias: Maoist China, Nazi Germany, the Soviet Union, Taliban-ruled Afghanistan, and…
The Socioeconomic Impact of Global Climate Change
And We have made the heavens as a canopy well guarded: yet do they turn away from the…
The Importance of Systems
Systems are integral to human life. We see so many in nature: cycles of birlh and death. seasonal…
Rivileging Evolution Theory in Schools
Evolution is seen as the only scientific explanation of how life began and developed on earth. Creation, by…
Social Impacts of the Theory of Evolution
Social Darwinism refers to the attempts to utilize the evolutionary theory of Darwin to give descriptions of society…
Biological Change
One argument advanced by those who accept (or, rather, who believe) the theory of evolution against those who…
A Mother’s Prayer
I was allowed to stay in hospital at my son’s bedside not as his mother but as a…