Bowling Alone

Santorum Bowling Alone

Jeff Danziger | Posted 04.05.2012

Jeff Danziger

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'Bowling Alone' -- With Confucius

Rodney L. Taylor, Ph.D. | Posted 04.02.2012

Rodney L. Taylor, Ph.D.

Learning is unceasing -- and is fulfilled in company -- in community with others, in cooperation with others, in care for others, in friendship with others.

What's Being Lost In The Eternal God Debate

Mira Sucharov | Posted 05.25.2011

Mira Sucharov

However well-intentioned, debating whether the world is solely material, social and psychological, or whether it is also imbued with divine force, is ultimately a dialogue of the deaf.

Americans Have More Friends, and Not Just on Facebook

Bella DePaulo | Posted 11.17.2011

Bella DePaulo

Remember the media panic from the summer of 2006 about lonely and isolated Americans? The publication of a sociological study had unleashed a cascade...

What If Everyone On Twitter Read The Same Book?

Jeff Howe | Posted 12.12.2011

Jeff Howe

What if everyone in the world read the same book? We have the ideal technology at our fingertips--Twitter. All we need now is the book.

It's Loneliness, Not Depression

Giles Slade | Posted 11.17.2011

Giles Slade

Loneliness is murkier. It's less controllable. It says something about our lives today--about the lack of connection many of us feel---about the way social ties are fracturing like glass.

Neighborhood E-lists: Opportunity for Community

Michael Sigman | Posted 05.25.2011

Michael Sigman

Alienation and rootlessness are so deeply ingrained in Angelenos' psyches -- partly because so many of us are transplants -- as to be almost a badge of honor.

Activism 2.0: New Yorkers for Marriage Equality Ready for 2010

Chrissie Brodigan | Posted 05.25.2011

Chrissie Brodigan

The vote blocking New York Marriage Equality was among the most disappointing legislative upsets in 2009, was also paired alongside activists' implementation of some of the most innovating technology on the market.

Lenny Bernstein Is Buzzing Up There

Richard Laermer | Posted 05.25.2011

Richard Laermer

Americans want to hear a verse, the hook, and then move on to the next cut. We don't make time to hear the sonata-allegro form develop.

Cheering Alone

Terry Curtis Fox | Posted 05.25.2011

Terry Curtis Fox

A decent seat at a ballgame will go for five, six, or seven times the price of a center orchestra seat on Broadway. This has never been true in my lifetime. For the game, this is a disaster.

Diversity: Is It A Bad Thing?

Newsweek | Eboo Patel | Posted 11.17.2011

The first thing my wife and I comment on when we go to a restaurant or a park is the diversity. We generally want more. We're part of a generation of ...