Fall 2001
If It Smells Like Hell It's Probably Pictsweet: The Mayor of Salem Speaks Out About Human Rights on the Home Front by Mike Swaim
America's most progressive mayor, Mike Swaim of Salem Oregon, sets the record straight about corporate conduct, labor organizing and basic human rights. So why can't he get a fair hearing in his own hometown newspaper?

Physicians' Perspective: Seeking Medical Information by Internet? Or Lost in Cyberspace? by Dr. Rick Bayer
This doctor doesn't make house calls but, using your home computer, you can pick up on his investigation of the most reliable medical sites on the world wide web.

Follow the Money: Focus on America's Failed War on Drugs Prohibition Laws: Why They Must Go by Shannon Floyd
Millions of American citizens have been lied to, stolen from and victimized by the War On Drugs, a grotesque public policy that breaks all its promises while delivering vast wealth and power into the hands of the corporate few.

As the Summer of the Victim Turns to Autumn of the Tyrant Choose Love by Leslie Temple-Thurston
A teacher devoted to spiritual principles and practice connects the inner world of personal transformation with the outer world of social activism.

Taking Refuge: Reflections on Service by SarahJoy Marsh
The commitment to compassion, right livelihood and service takes the seeker to unforeseen psychic and social territories. When is service to others a form of self exploitation and when is it our soul work on earth?

Dreams of Kindness, Love & Grace by Carolyn Berry
The quest to find the perfect mate can create the story of our lives after a decade or two of the search. Each "significant other" gives gifts and increases our knowing about who we are and what we want to give and receive in a love relationship.

DEATH: The "Sugar" of Life by Barbara Coombs Lee
Should people have the right to choose the circumstances of their own death, just as they choose the circumstances of their life? It's a matter of ethics and of justice. It's also about the poetry of the soul.

On The Path: Conscious Love 795 by Bob Czimbal
How do you find your life partner after all the experimenting and personal growth work? Bob publishes his list of the top ten attributes he was looking for in a mate, and how they found each other.

Leaving Home: Disaster on Earth-End the Denial by Ness Mountain
Politics offers a screwball scramble of broken promises and trashed treaties. The current administration's arrogant dismissal of the Kyoto Treaty re: Global Warming brought cries from around the world. Are we above this fray or is there a more intelligent response?

You Say Liberal Media, I Say Trivial Media, Let's Call the Whole Thing Off by Rick Marianetti
Disingenuous propaganda from political "conservatives" (what is that code for?) smears most media as being liberal (whatever that means) and controlled by the "Left". Never mind that all the major media are owned by giant corporations which are in turn controlled by the same interests conducting the smear campaign. Why is it only possible in independent and alternative media to call for ethical and intelligent standards in journalism?