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About Michaela

I am a wanderer and a wonderer, like you are. I love our journey and to walk in the company of friends – to learn, experience, share, laugh, cry and above all I simply love this marvelous, magical, mysterious life. I have no plan (cannot believe I am saying this) and my only intention is to be truthful to myself and others.

Hopeless, but not serious

Posted on August 5, 2011 by Michaela

As the markets tumble, look back at a piece in the New Yorker from the 1929 crash: The collapse of the market, over and above the pain, couldn’t help but be amusing. It is amusing to see a fat land … Continue reading →

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Dhaka’s Miracle Factory

Posted on August 5, 2011 by Michaela

Cholera, the silent killer, plagues Dhaka regularly, but the local hospital is pioneering a preventative approach which could bring hope to millions.

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Rates of Wrath

Posted on August 4, 2011 by Michaela

By Paul Krugman Not good news in stock markets — but you really have to look at the bond markets to get the full awfulness of the situation. The US 10-year bond rate is now down to 2.5%. So much for … Continue reading →

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The other 50 percent

Posted on August 4, 2011 by Michaela

What is grace ? What is love ? What is acceptance ? In this deep enquiry Adyashanti is guiding us to experience what he calls the ” awakening on the level of heart” – which is a direct experience of the … Continue reading →

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Happy Meal 2011

Posted on August 3, 2011 by Michaela

By Mark Bittman Life would be so much easier if we could only set our own guidelines. You could define the average weight as 10 pounds higher than your own and, voilà, no more obesity! You could raise the speed limit … Continue reading →

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The price of division

Posted on August 3, 2011 by Michaela

By Mark Levine A virtue of Anders Breivik’s 1,500 page opus is that, by so thoroughly and heavily citing the leaders of the anti-Islam creed, his arguments are inseparable from theirs. Indeed, the more honest anti-Islam crusaders have declared that … Continue reading →

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A question on faith

Posted on August 3, 2011 by Michaela
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Taking to the streets

Posted on August 3, 2011 by Michaela

By MJ Rosenberg Imagine if the anti-establishment fervor that followed the 2008 economic collapse produced a political movement that was essentially progressive rather than reactionary. The fury that swept the country might have been directed at the people who caused the … Continue reading →

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Rich and poor

Posted on August 3, 2011 by Michaela
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Closing the gap ?

Posted on August 2, 2011 by Michaela

By Dani Rodrik Perhaps for the first time in modern history, the future of the global economy lies in the hands of poor countries. The United States and Europe struggle on as wounded giants, casualties of their financial excesses and political … Continue reading →

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