Articles by Edie Weiner
From United Nations to Universal Nations
On March 17th, the delegate country names lining the rows of seats in the main “theater” of the United Nations were replaced with the names of the colonies that were home to the crew of Battlestar Galactica. Whoopie Goldberg...
POSTED Thursday, April 30, 2009
POSTED Thursday, April 30, 2009
The changing color of money
It would be naïve to say that the times we are going through are not as bad as they seem. Millions are hurting, many are hurting badly. The global financial crisis is a tragedy of uncommon proportion. But the...
POSTED Friday, December 19, 2008
POSTED Friday, December 19, 2008
Modern communication and literacy — can't we have both?
One of the most important ways to work for a better future is to improve communications between and among people. With all the instant media available today, we could foresee a future in which we can reach out to...
POSTED Monday, September 15, 2008
POSTED Monday, September 15, 2008
The future of education
The current system of education in the U.S. and most of the industrialized countries revolves around a factory mentality that was designed to serve the industrial era. Just as the assembly line worked for producing goods, it was thought...
POSTED Monday, July 28, 2008
POSTED Monday, July 28, 2008