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Reflections on the Earnest "Pursuit of Happiness"

Bob Banov and Roger Ohlsen | Posted 05.17.2012

Read More: Social Security, Religious Beliefs, Relationship, Money, Peace of Mind, Pursuit of Happiness, Incentives, Founding Fathers, Democracy, Parenting, God, Business, Culture, Dorothy Parker, US Constitution, Capitalist Economy, Freedom, Environment, Secular, Marriage Laws, Medicaid, Medicare, Society, Eric Hoffer, Happy, Separation of Church and State, Politics News
Bob Banov and Roger Ohlsen

When you consider that the founding fathers of our country tried to provide us with the means for the actual separation between church and state, you ...

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Gay Rights as Told by Obama and Romney

Gideon Resnick | Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: Bullying, President Obama, Elections 2012, Mitt Romney, United States, Cranbrook, Democrats, Civil Rights, Barack Obama, Same-Sex Marriage, Lgbt, Politics, Homosexuality, Gay Rights, 2012 Election, Mitt Romney 2012, Homophobia, Society, News, Republican Party, Social Issues, Gay Issues, Gay Marriage, Republicans, College News
Gideon Resnick

If gay rights truly is one of my generation's biggest issues, shouldn't our political predilections in some way reflect this?

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I Can't Worry About Gay Marriage; I'm Too Focused on My Own

Graham Milne | Posted 05.11.2012

Read More: Supreme Court, President Barack Obama, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Marriage, Religion, The West Wing, President Obama Gay Marriage, Same Sex Marriage, Society, Lgbt Marriage, Gay Marriage, Human Rights, Obama Gay Marriage, Marriage Equality, Gay Voices News
Graham Milne

That, I think, is how one preserves the sacred institution of marriage -- by making our own an example of the best that it can be, not fretting fruitlessly over whether other people can or can't get married to the person they love.

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What Gay Marriage Can Teach Us About Divorce

D. A. Wolf | Posted 05.10.2012

Read More: Gay Voices, D. A. Wolf, Divorce, Barack Obama, Gay Marriage, Divorce Advice, Impact of Gay Marriage, Society, Women's Issues, Marriage, Same Sex Marriage, Marriage Equality, Divorce News
D. A. Wolf

If I have one concern about gay marriage, it is a concern about marriage itself... It is the possibility that more marriages will be entered into naively, and that means the potential for more divorce.

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Clipped and Trimmed: The Conformity of Human Perceptions

Kingsley Dennis, Ph.D. | Posted 05.10.2012

Read More: Neuroscience of Consciousness, Consciousness, Mindfulness, New Thought, Thinking, Society, Collective Consciousness, Conscious Evolution, Emotional Intelligence, Healthy Living News
Kingsley Dennis, Ph.D.

It can be said that society "clips and trims" the human mind -- our daily consciousness and perceptions -- in order to form a general consensus in thinking.

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Do You Really Know What Your Business Does?

John Friedman | Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: Environmental Impact, Benefits, Loyalty, Community, Chip and Dan Heath, Sustainability, Employee Communication, Messaging, Society, Climate Impacts, Made to Stick, Productivity, Business News
John Friedman

The fact is we so often get caught up on the tactics of what our companies or organizations make day to day that we lose sight completely of what it is they really do.

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Freedom: A Killer App

Dr. Cheryl Pappas | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Social Media, Human Connection, Arianna Huffington, Society, Technology, Freedom, Gps Soul, Culture News
Dr. Cheryl Pappas

This week, the brilliant Arianna Huffington, in her adroit weekly roundup column, introduces the new, "GPS for the Soul." She discusses "Freedom," a ...

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Paid Work -- Long Past 65 -- Can Benefit Everyone

Frank Koller | Posted 04.20.2012

Read More: Aging, Society, US Economy, Business, Retirement, Management, Retirement Age, Vita Corporation, Business News
Frank Koller

Founded in 1932, and still a family-run business, Vita began to concentrate 20 years ago on hiring workers nearing -- and even past -- the traditional retirement age of 65. The average age of the 49 current employees is 73 -- a few are over 90.

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Confessions of a Racial Profiler

Stuart Muszynski | Posted 04.19.2012

Read More: Fiddler on the Roof, Holocaust, Holocaust Remembrance Day, Values, Trayvon Martin, American Values, Community, Society, Race, Racial Profiling, Culture News
Stuart Muszynski

A political science professor at Kent State University once told me that the history of our democracy is as much defined by who has been excluded as it is by who is included. Why do we exclude?

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Objectified, Criticized, Vilified -- I Suppose this is the Dark Side of Being Beautiful

Jennifer Koppelman Hutt | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Ashley Judd, Just Jenny, Weight Loss, Jennifer Hutt, Beauty, Women, Sirius XM, Society, Women News
Jennifer Koppelman Hutt

hree short years ago while I was still fat, I had a completely different life.

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Artists and the Culture of Conformity

Hayley Rose Horzepa | Posted 04.03.2012

Read More: Artists, Society, Conformity, Conform, Music, Art, Culture, Culture News
Hayley Rose Horzepa

Most artists in this country are greatly underappreciated. When I refer to most artists, I am not talking about the musicians and actors who bring hom...

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Survival of the Insurable: Universal Access to Health Care & Natural Selection

Dinkar Jain | Posted 04.02.2012

Read More: US Supreme Court, Collective Responsibility, Extinction, Nature, Health Care Reform, Community, Evolution, Society, Socialism, Health Care Law, Affordable Care Act, Supreme Court Health Care, Health Care Act, Health Care, Politics News
Dinkar Jain

If we overturn universal access to health care, the costs to America and humanity would be immense.

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The Way Ahead: Changing Our Internal Narratives

Kingsley Dennis, Ph.D. | Posted 05.29.2012

Read More: Consciousness, Lifestyle Choices, Inner Life, Mythology, War of the Worldviews, Sustainability, Society, Perception, The Inner Life, Consciousness Future, Consciousness and the Future, Healthy Living News
Kingsley Dennis, Ph.D.

Part of our mythological clash is about how we choose to exercise human consciousness. There are myriad ways in which modern societies limit consciousness and keep humanity distracted from their inner lives.

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Are You Decent?

Sarah O'Leary | Posted 05.26.2012

Read More: Law, Patriots, Acts of Kindness, George Washington Cherry Tree, Broadcast Indecency, Kindness, United States, Morals, Citizens United, Common Decency, Handicapped, Moral Values, Politics, Decency, Handicapped Parking, Patriotism, Wheelchair, Preamble, George Washington, American History, Communications Decency Act, Freedom, Self-Respect, Regular Acts of Kindness, Respect, Morality, Society, Civil Society, Sprituality, Gratitude, Impact News
Sarah O'Leary

I learned long ago not to use God to justify my actions, to act like I'm superior to anyone else, or to rationalize my false need to control the lives of my fellow man and woman. Instead, I try my level best to cultivate my decency, and pray for other Americans to do the same.

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Give Women The Right Not to Choose

Indra Adnan | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Human Givens, Equality, Women, Men's Movement, Mental Health, International Men's Day, Children, Care, Employment, Men, Work-Life Balance, Homo Economicus, Mothers, Teenagers, Hours, Education, Iwd, Work, Society, Technology, International Womens Day, Families, Quality of Life, Women News
Indra Adnan

Imagine now a world in which women -- and men -- had a right NOT to choose. Where they didn't have to choose between a fulfilling life at work AND a real, invested life at home.

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There Is No Left Left

Robin Koerner | Posted 05.06.2012

Read More: Youth, Ron Paul, Liberalism, Liberal, Elections 2012, Militarism, Seattle, Society, The Left, Bob Dylan, Democrats, Obama, Politics News
Robin Koerner

American liberalism is dead. Long live American liberalism -- the proper kind.

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Digital Fire: A Manifesto

Russell C. Smith | Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: Reinvention, Digital Age, World History, Languages, Society, Manifesto, Technology, Culture, Books News
Russell C. Smith

If you are alive, engaged, alert, ready with a spark inside -- you're open to the idea of reinvention happening on a global scale. Welcome, we've been expecting you.

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Endgame of an Era

Kingsley Dennis, Ph.D. | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Energy, Consciousness, Globalization, Society, Systemic Risk, Planetary Society, Civilization, Social Mind, Mindful Living News
Kingsley Dennis, Ph.D.

The modern world has witnessed a different type of consciousness emerging over the past 150 years, a post-Industrial Revolution cognitive mind.

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The Phoenix Generation: The Rise of Those Who Will Change the World

Kingsley Dennis, Ph.D. | Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: Youth, Consciousness, Transformation, Spiritual Awakening, Society, Future, Millennial Generation, Perception, Future Generations, Healthy Living News
Kingsley Dennis, Ph.D.

The world we live in now is changing rapidly. The normal state of affairs is not the static and stationary that we sometimes view our lives to be, but of flux and flow.

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Beyond the Future: Are We Lacking in Vision?

Kingsley Dennis, Ph.D. | Posted 03.27.2012

Read More: Creativity, Vision, Living, Future, Consciousness, Cultural Evolution, Mind, Society, Spirit, Future of Society, Society Future, Healthy Living News
Kingsley Dennis, Ph.D.

What we do for the next 20 years, from now to 2030, will begin to create the template for the future; and what happens between now and 2050 will be a crucial period for establishing these patterns of change and getting them in place to serve for the long run.

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Religious Faith Brings Happiness? It's Complicated, Study Shows

The Huffington Post | Rebecca Searles | Posted 01.20.2012

Read More: Religion, Video, Atheist, Research, Poland, Religious People, Online Dating, Science, Psychology, Society, Self-Esteem, Europe, Countries, Science News

Are religious people happier? Studies have shown that God-fearing folks tend to have higher self-esteem than nonbelievers, but new research publishe...

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Do You 'Like' Me?

James M. Lynch | Posted 03.17.2012

Read More: Linkedin, New York, Social Networking, Farmville, Popularity, Facebook, Culture, Friendship, Social Media, Hashtags, Virtual, Marketing, Youtube, Catholic School, Society, Facebook Like, Culture News
James M. Lynch

I still remember my grade school days of the '60s at Our Holy Redeemer Catholic school in Freeport, Long Island, when a girl would pay a little attent...

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Do You Have The Moral Compass Of A Toddler?

bigthink.com | Posted 01.15.2012

Read More: Paul Bloom, Yale University, Morality, Philosophy, Morals, Society, Empathy, Yale, Fifty News

Are we born with a sense of morality? Or is ethical awareness something we arrive at only as we age? Like nature versus nurture, this is a question so...

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Golden Age Thinking

Steve Honig | Posted 03.02.2012

Read More: Golden Age Thinking, Midnight in Paris, Society, Culture News
Steve Honig

Those of us who stare longingly into the past as a time when life was better are not, as is suggested in Midnight in Paris, unable to cope with the present.

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FAMU Hazing; The Buck Speeds Past

James M. Lynch | Posted 02.15.2012

Read More: University, James Ammons, Penn State, Responsibility, Values, FAMU Band Death, College Hazing, Jerry Sandusky, Society, Joe Paterno, FAMU Marching Band, Crime News
James M. Lynch

James Ammons, FAMU president, surprised by a CNN reporter, responding to questions about the 'alleged hazing death' of FAMU student Robert Champion pretty much 'failed the test' of leadership when interviewed.

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