Welcome to the Asylum by Chris Hedges

by Chris Hedges Featured Writer Dandelion Salad Truthdig April 30, 2012 When civilizations start to die they go insane. Let the ice sheets in the Arctic melt. Let the temperatures rise. Let the air, soil and water be poisoned. Let the forests die. Let the seas be emptied of life. Let one useless war after [...]

Alain de Botton: Religion for Atheists, interviewed by Chris Hedges

with Chris Hedges Featured Writer Dandelion Salad April 2, 2012 C-SPAN March 12, 2012 Mr. de Botton, an atheist, argues that rather than mocking religion, atheists and agnostics should steal the best ideas from world religions, such as the methods for building strong communities, overcoming envy, and forging a connection to the natural world. The [...]

“Wealth, Culture and the Education Gap” by Joseph Natoli

by Joseph Natoli Guest Writer Dandelion Salad http://readersupportednews.org, February 14, 2012 February 26, 2012 “When the economy recovers, you’ll still see all these problems persisting for reasons that have nothing to do with money and everything to do with culture.” — Charles Murray, American Enterprise Institute “`The problem is a puzzle,’ he said. `No one [...]

The sheep look down By William Bowles

by William Bowles Featured Writer Dandelion Salad williambowles.info crossposted on Strategic Culture Foundation 22 February 2012 The Sheep Look Up, John Brunner’s remarkably prescient ‘science fiction’ novel, first published in 1972 concerns the destruction of the entire environment in the US and the rise of a ‘corporately sponsored government’ leading to the eventual total breakdown [...]

A Doorway To Persia

Dandelion Salad PeacemakerYmani on Feb 12, 2012 As Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. so eloquently stated, “Today there is no longer a choice between violence and nonviolence. It is either nonviolence or nonexistence.” I offer ‘A Doorway To Persia’ and encourage citizens everywhere to insist on the truth from governments and media.