Jill Bolte Taylor: My stroke of insight

Jill Bolte Taylor got a research opportunity few brain scientists would wish for: She had a massive stroke, and watched as her brain functions -- motion, speech, self-awareness –- shut down one by one. An astonishing story. Ted Talked web site

Zeit Geist Films

Jonathan Kozol rails against a public school system that, 50 years after Brown v. Board of Education, is still deeply -- and shamefully -- segregated.

Read the Apartheid America article on Salon.com

Daniel Tammet's web site

Global dimming dramatically changes the way we look at Global Warming. Remember that in the 1990's Global warming was given a 100 year in the future treatment? Now you hear people speak of a 25 year timeline? Well that's because of Global Dimming. I cannot think of a more pertinent issue for it will hit our children when they are around 30 years old, though as you have witnessed, disruptive weather patterns have already started. It's time to change the way we live, to do something, for time is running out.