Idea of the year
Take away corporations' privilege to offer shareholders limited financial liability The most logical thing in the world
Jurriaan Kamp

Dance with your shadow
Carnival fills the human need for a time-out. A reflection upon a worldwide historical phenomenon. Jay Walljasper

Guess what's coming to dinner?
A new film explores unsavory questions about genetically modified food Jeremy Iggers

"Hey guys, wake up!"
Writer Sagarika Ghose shakes up India's social and political conventions Tijn Touber

How I lost faith: How the end of religion can be the beginning of God
Religion seems to get in the way of our true connection with God. It seems only to connect people with others looking for the one pure faith, notes Ode senior editor Tijn Touber, which leads to the formation of more sects. That's why he recently severed his years-long connection with the spiritual community he belonged to--an Indian Raja Yoga institute--and now believes that spirituality's future may depend on dismantling the houses of the holy. Tijn Touber

Iran's soccer revolution
Women who dared to celebrate a World Cup victory may eventually change the face of the Middle East Franklin Foer / How Soccer Explains the World

"I heard a calling from the vegetables"
French master chef Alain Passard is reinventing haute cuisine from the ground up Lisette Thooft

Local matters
How Dooney's Caf Jay Walljasper

One last thing...
"you can live to be 120 years old" Marco Visscher

The American dream vs. the European dream
For many people around the world, the American dream means prosperity and progress. But how is the dream holding up these days?

The time has come
We have the technological means to solve global warming. What are we waiting for? Craig Cox

What way for the USA?
Probing the mystery of Bush's second term. Jay Walljasper

Who owes whom?
The new idea of ecological debt rearranges relations between the global South and North Marco Visscher

Why not do something legendary?
It's time for leaders to inspire us Tijn Touber