Half the Sky
In the Introduction to their book, Half the Sky, Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl Wudunn, recount the story…
Tag: oneness of humanity
Two Races of Men
We worry about our differences when we should really concentrate on the ways we are similar. We…
If You Saw A Child About to Fall in a Well…
Mencius a fourth-century BCE Chinese thinker and disciple of Confucius, taught that human beings have within them everything…
The Moral Molecule
In an experiment to examine the effects of the hormone oxytocin on social interaction, neuroeconomist Paul Zak made…
Love is a Dynamo – Part III
Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It’s not. The…
Love is a Dynamo – Part I
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can…
Girl Power
Camfed – Campaign for Female Education – has discovered that poverty is the main obstacle to the education…
In Consequence
It’s hard to see the big picture when your head is jammed with the problems of the moment.…
7 Billion Butterfly Effects for Change?
On October 31st the population of the world is set to reach 7 billion. Obviously this has implications…
Bystanders – Heroes on Stand-By?
The recent case of Chinese toddler, Yue Yue, who was not only hit by two vans but was…