From Conducive Mag- Korea to Haiti: Lessons in Overseas Adoption Corruption March 8, 2010Arrested by Haitian authorities for trying to cross illegally into the Dominican Republic with 33 so-called orphaned children, whose parents were later found to be alive, U.S. citizens and Idaho Baptist missionaries Laura Silsby and Charisa Coulter remain imprisoned in Port-au-Prince pending investigation of alleged child trafficking. Seeking to save... […]
- Stressed Graduate Student March 8, 2010Dr. Mai Kieu-Loan offers relationship advice to a female law student and highlights the differences in how men and women handle dating in graduate school. […]
- Preserving Relationship with Parents Despite Their Disapproval Over New Job March 4, 2010Conducive advice columnist, Dr. Kathy Hahner, gives advice on preserving the relationship with one's parents despite tension over a new do-gooder job. […]
- FEBRUARY/MARCH 2010 February 25, 2010ISSUE 6 FEBRUARY/MARCH 2010 […]
- A Bronx Girl Goes Home February 5, 2010The murder of a cousin takes Conducive editor Heather Tirado Gilligan back to her home in the Bronx, and back to the childhood and experiences that continue to shape her. […]
- Using Anger Constructively February 4, 2010Conducive advice columnist, Dr. Kathy Hahner, gives advice on using anger constructively. […]
- Looking Back to the Future? January 30, 2010Humankind, both collectively and individually, has a strange little quirk. We ignore the past when it holds valuable lessons that go against what we want to hear or believe. Our insistence in doing this has negatively affected our future many times, both as individuals and as a society. We give... […]
- Campaigns Take Individual Involvement To New Level January 28, 2010The production and consumption of bottled water contributes to waste, pollution, toxins, and the bottled water industry’s interest in controlling our water resources. As a result of these negative impacts, many people have vowed to stop buying bottled water. If you have successfully ditched bottled water, and want to stay... […]
- REDUCING THE SUICIDE STIGMA Suresh Unni's Story January 21, 2010There are many ways of coping with the loss of a loved one. For Suresh Unni, solace is found in sharing his brother's experience with depression and eventual demise from suicide. Through his work as a clinical social worker and therapist and participation on the board of directors of the... […]
- Dating a Separated Person January 18, 2010Conducive advice columunist, Dr. Kathy Hahner, gives advice on dating a separated person. […]
- Korea to Haiti: Lessons in Overseas Adoption Corruption March 8, 2010
Author Archives: Marlo McKenzie
I Want Money Part II – Local Currencies
As Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan hand out lucrative bonuses worth millions there are men, woman and children living on the streets who have to beg for a dollar. The fact that one man is hailed as a leader because he has more greenbacks and the other derided as a failure because he has none, [...]
Posted in Culture & History, Current Events, Politics & Economy Tagged Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, Life Dollars, Local Currency, money, Time Dollars, Ven 3 Comments
I want more money – seeking the holy grail
It always boils down to money.
If you scan the hive mind, blogs, twitter, facebook et al. there’s a deep sense of the public being wronged – whatever side you vote for, and what it boils down to is money.
The Supreme Court just sanctioned restrictions on corporate spending on federal campaigns, the very rich are getting [...]
Posted in Current Events, Politics & Economy Tagged bailout, bonus, holy grail, layoffs, money, rich 4 Comments
Avatar champions Native American Spirit
The comparisons between North America’s First People and the Na’vi is direct in James Cameron’s Avatar, a film that surpasses the hype and draws you in literally with its 3D technology so real you feel like you can reach out and touch it. I walked out of the theater wanting to be a Na’vi who [...]
Posted in Environment, Literature, Media & Entertainment Tagged Avatar, environmentalism, Fantasy, indigenous people, movies 2 Comments
Charity Gifts on Facebook offer Alternative for Christmas
As Christmas rolls around the corner, the season of gift giving is upon us. Some savvy shoppers, observant friends, and those with the go-getter spirit unafraid of wielding long traffic hours and elbows in store fronts will find Christmas a zestful challenge.
Others will find it a claustrophobia of deja vu, a performance part that repeats [...]
Remembering Alcatraz
This year marks the 40th anniversary of the occupation of Alcatraz by the Indians of All Tribes, perhaps one of the most significant acts of activism conducted by Native Americans to date. Led by Mohawk activist Richard Oakes, Indians from diverse tribes across the country occupied Alcatraz for 19 months from Nov. 20, 1969 to [...]
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Is Memory Obsolete? Or is this a crisis of National Memory Failure?