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How Maslow`s Hierarchy Can Save the World

Ideological and political constraints conflict with the human need to adapt and evolve.

(SALEM) - Citizens everywhere are caught in a political power struggle that has nothing to do with them. Those elected to represent the people are increasingly representing ideologies.

In the meantime historic changes confront us because natural resources are declining as population and consumption increase.

Future Thought

We must look forward to the future as that is where most of us will spend the rest of our lives. --Charles Kettering

(MANAMA, Bahrain) - A book that gave cause for thought in 1970, Alvin Toffler’s Future Shock, predicted some difficult tomorrows.

Toffler presented clear evidence of how the speed of change had increased drastically as human progress pushed forward.

The Race to End Violence Before We End Life

Can we take meaningful action to prevent our own extinction without ending human violence first?

(TASMANIA, Aust.) - The scientific evidence that human extinction will now occur before 2050 continues to rapidly accumulate.

Of course, we can deny this scientific evidence because it frightens us, we can delude ourselves that someone or something else (perhaps governments) will fix it...

How To Avoid Getting Drawn Into Petty Fights

The one thought that you have to maintain is that you are a self respecting and dignified person and you will not allow anyone to compromise who you are.

(WASHINGTON DC) - A couple of days ago, I caught a segment of a show in which the psychologist and television personality was giving advice to a couple who were fighting like cats and dogs.

Open Letter to the Media: Call to Action

If you are tired of all the lies and corruption that have plagued our magnificent planet for far too long, then this post is for YOU.

(WASHINGTON DC) - To think that this whole story broke less than two months ago is baffling, to say the least.

Getting to Know Us: A Memo to U.S. Adversaries

Our recent history involves a lot of the tail wagging the dog.

(PORTLAND, OR) - One of the first things you need to know about the U.S. is how difficult it is for us to tolerate ambiguity—especially when untangling our own motives.

Harnessing the Imagination

The imagination is the source of creativity, problem-solving, planning, and of setting our course in this world if we use it correctly.

(MANAMA, Bahrain) - One of the most dismal futuristic images I've seen was recently painted by Chris Hedges in the opening of an article he entitled A Time for "Sublime Madness". Here it is:

"The planet we have assaulted will convulse with fury. The senseless greed of limitless capitalist expansion will implode the global economy..."

Be a Rebel

This powerful video by Ace, and featuring UK’s noted hip-hop artists, Arafat and Gandhi, will light a fire in you to stand up and shout to the world that we are no longer going to take it anymore!

(WASHINGTON DC) - For me, whenever I would hear the word Revolution, the very first thing that would pop into my mind was the song that was made popular by the Beatles, called Revolution.

That was before; before all the tiny seeds were planted in my mind that grew and grew into what I call the real truth! Not what the media portrays to be the truth though, the REAL truth!

What Can Make `Sept. 11 Pale by Comparison`

What would make the human race truly come together?

(LOS ANGELES) - What if the next big 9/11 is Aliens/UFOs landing?

If that were to indeed transpire, it is my bet that Muslims worldwide will be the first to accept it --- they will race to join the imperial narrative of the new intergalactic catastrophe in exactly the same manner as Pakistan did for the first catastrophic terrorism imperial narrative of 9/11 'war on terror'.

Karzai Warns Of Foreign Interference In Peace Talks

A High Peace Council exists to negotiate with Taliban.

(KABUL Radio Free Afghanistan) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai says peace efforts with the Taliban should go through the Afghan High Peace Council.

Karzai warned political opponents against negotiations that bypass the government.