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These are editorials that specifically ask the question that is a major concern of the articles on this Web site, "What kind of world are we creating for ourselves?" These editorials are offered in the belief that we have to live with the consequences of our actions, and that as we evolve as a culture we have the ability both to learn from our past and at least make considered choices about our future. It is writers (all communicators) who have the ability to present the questions and initiate the discussions, raising the consciousness of our culture.

Whether or not the writer offers an opinion on the solution is up to the writer, however people tend to appreciate constructive suggestions more than destructive rabble-rousers. If nothing else, offering constructive solutions helps shift the target from the speaker to debating solutions. In stories, there is a difference between an individual's finding a solution for himself, and making it appear that one solution fits all.

• Editorial: Permanent Political Gridlock and the future of politics The Challenges for Democracy series.
• Editorial: The Challenge of War The Challenges for Democracy series.
• The Impact of Political Party on the Economy The Challenges for Capitalism series.
• Are We Creating the World We Want? Or are special interests and polarizing voices leading us down a trail of self-destruction? Writers and leaders raise the consciousness of our world.
• Philosophy of Democracy What new challenges have we seen lately? Capstone article in the Democracy series.
• Let the World Burn Should we not have bailed out the financial system and invested in the economic recovery?
• How wealth is transferred in our economy How the rich get richer, the poor get poorer
• Fixing the Economy Perfect answer to a perfect storm on investing, mortgages, and Social Security?
• Copyrights on Images and Content Is copyright law practical?
• Communicating the Death of the Republican Party. Some communication cues may give us a glimpse at the future of the Republican Party - a party that may be dying.
• Rebuilding the Economy.
• Update - Change: Elections 2008.
• Update on the Economy - State of the Onion, January 2008 Challenges section.
• Open Letter to Microsoft - VISTA: Cure worse than the Disease?
• Update on the Economy - State of the Onion, January 2008 Challenges section.
• State of the Onion, January 2008 Economics and healthcare. Challenges section.
• Change: Elections 2008
• Internet Justice What kind of world are we creating?
• Designer labels for Iraq: Do we want to live in a world where labels substitute for thinking. (Human Condition section, Challenges: Peace series.)
• Puzzle This. A tribute to veterans, and four puzzles, including, Am I a spy?
• State Of The Onion, Jan. 2006, Part 2 Unpeeling the onion: Social programs, the economy, and healthcare.
• State Of The Onion, Jan. 2006 Unpeeling the onion: Middle East and peace; the environment.
• Win-Lose or Win-Win Politics? Do we want to live in a world in which the strategies for funding reconstruction and winning a war come from a single party ideology?
• Getting Real About Hurricane Rebuilding Do we want to live in a world where government funding is sleight of hand?
• Healthcare Today and in the Future What kind of a healthcare system are we building?
• The Sky Is Falling! Do we want to live in a world where the word "help" is our only course of action?
• The Challenges For Democracy series. Article 7: A Return to Values A big, but worthy, project for writers, educators, and the media.
• The Challenges For Democracy series. Article 6: Freedom of the Press Do we want the news media to be free?
• The Challenges For Democracy series. Article 5: Paradigms Do we want a world in which truth ultimately fails?
• The Challenges For Democracy series. Article 5: Paradigms Do we want a world in which truth ultimately fails?
• Article 4: The Challenges For Democracy. Is the US medical system sliding into an inevitable sub-standard system?.
• The Challenges For Democracy. Article 3: Ensure the safety of all people. A message of peace? You decide.
• The Challenges For Democracy series. Article 2: Social Fabric - Who Rules Who? Do we want a world in which people are ruled or served?
• The Challenges For Democracy series. Article 1: winner takes all Do we want a world in which "winner take all" is the hallmark of democratic representation?
• The Difficulty Of Producing News In An Entertainment Venue
  Do we want to live in a world in which people easily lose perspective?
• The challenges for Capitalism. Article 4: The game
• The challenges for Capitalism. Article 3: Competing against ourselves - destructive pressures
• The challenges for Capitalism. Article 2: To Regulate Or Not To Regulate?
• Reference: Social contract
• The challenges for Capitalism. Article 1: The Pursuit of What?
• The challenges for Capitalism. Do we want a world in which greed is the dominant driving force of the economic system?
• The Challenges For The Four Pillars Of The Western World
• Halloween The Power Of Illusion
  Do we want a world in which commentators become Halloween goblins?
• Reference for conflict resolution: Pluralism and Diversity Attitude Philosophy
  Do we want a world in which peace is a condition negotiated by competing powers, or a condition that fairly enables meeting the needs of all?
• Return To The Wild West
  Do we want a world in which you never know who is concealing a weapon?
• Unaffordable Health Care
  Do we want a world in which medical care is in chaos?
• Paranoia
  Do we want a world in which paranoia reigns?
• The Challenge For Fundamentalism
  Do we want a world in which only the most threatening religion wins?
• The Making of an Image
  Do we want a world in which we are others' footstool?
• The Business Of Business
  Do we want to live in a world in which money is its own reward?
• War, Religion, and Truth
  Do we want to live in a world in which what we write is who we become
• Healthcare

Do we want a world in which only the wealthy can afford medical care?
• Time For Political Change

Do we want a world in which only the most powerful party wins?
• Terror (Peace Series)
  Events of 9-11
• Technology
  Do we want a world that wants our money, but not our business?
• Children with guns (young adult behavior)
• Freewill
  What kind of world are we creating for ourselves by what we tell ourselves?
• Film Violence
  Do We Want A World In Which Film, Music... Are Blamed For All Problems?
• Holidays
  Do We Want A World In Which Holidays Mean Peace or Conflict?
• The Liars Club
  Do We Want A World In Which Lies Have More Influence Than Truth?
• Poison
  Do We Want A World In Which Whoever Can Distort The Truth Most, Wins?
• Reconciliation And Political Crisis
  Do We Want A World In Which Eternal Conflict and Rhetoric Are More Important Than Pease And Resolution?
• Making Killer Kids
  Do We Want A World In Which We Create Kids To Kill?

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