Category Archives: The world we live in Now

Observations and reflections of sweeping change

The Empire strikes back

Posted on March 16, 2011 by Michaela

By Medea Benjamin and Charles Davis Bradley Manning is accused of humiliating the political establishment by revealing the complicity of top US officials in carrying out and covering up war crimes. In return for his act of conscience, the US … Continue reading →

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I thought I have seen tragedies…

Posted on March 16, 2011 by Michaela

Found this watching a “twitter stream” In the days after the devistating earthquake in Japan, Yumiko Takashima, Executive Director of Japan for The UN Refugee Agency,  circulated an email to a few colleagues that was shared on the UNHCR FB site: … Continue reading →

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Mixed messages

Posted on March 15, 2011 by Michaela

What is really going on …?

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Worst case scenario ?

Posted on March 15, 2011 by Michaela

I am making a strange observation.In the midst of all the catastrophic, cataclysmic, chaotic and cathartic events, the world seems to go all but quiet. At first I noticed the frequency of the news updates getting less, then even the … Continue reading →

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Put your soul to work

Posted on March 14, 2011 by Michaela

By Carolyne Myss As we all know by now, the Earth has shifted once again. Just the slightest change from deep beneath the waters, a crack in the fabric of her lining, and islands quake while tsunami waves rush across … Continue reading →

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Meltdown

Posted on March 14, 2011 by Michaela

How a Reactor Shuts Down and What Happens in a Meltdown The operating reactors at Fukushima Daiichi power station automatically shut down during the earthquake. But after subsequent cooling failures, two of them went into partial meltdown. Website of the … Continue reading →

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Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;

Posted on March 13, 2011 by Michaela

“Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere The ceremony of innocence is drowned;” This is a verse from Yeat’s enigmatic poem ” The Second Coming” and … Continue reading →

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The New Humanism

Posted on March 13, 2011 by Michaela

by David Brooks Over the course of my career, I’ve covered a number of policy failures. When the Soviet Union fell, we sent in teams of economists, oblivious to the lack of social trust that marred that society. While invading … Continue reading →

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State of emergency

Posted on March 12, 2011 by Michaela

Japan in the wake of the disastrous earthquake, that  was one of the strongest ever recorded. It  triggered a devastating tsunami, up to 10-metre-high along parts of the country’s northeastern coastline. Media reports estimate at least 1,300 people may have been … Continue reading →

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No room for complacency

Posted on March 11, 2011 by Michaela

A tsunami hitting Japan, after a 8.9 magnitude earthquake about 80 miles off the shore of Japan. The tremor hit at 1446 local time (0546 GMT). Seismologists say it is one of the largest earthquakes to hit Japan for many years. … Continue reading →

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