Over Thanksgiving, I was hiking with my brother-in-law when he commented that he only knew two kinds of people: those who loved Sarah Palin and those who hated her. Nobody was in the gray zone. While I didn't consider myself a "hater," I also knew that she had triggered intense...

The California Supreme Court's decision to uphold Proposition 8 in banning gay marriage is a setback not only for gay rights, but for the psychological and spiritual growth of our country. Gay marriage concerns far more than the 5-10% of our population that identifies as gay. America's deepest tradition is...

Twitter's name makes it sound like it circulates only inconsequential gossip. However, its ability to propagate ideas more rapidly than any medium in history means that it can also be used for profoundly evolutionary purposes.

On Tuesday, May 19th, Deepak Chopra (@Deepak_chopra) offered a simple 88 character tweet on...

Last Saturday night, an innovative new green iPhone application launched at an event in Hollywood entitled "The Evolution of Green: From Hype to Habit." The 3rdWhale iPhone app is a product of a partnership between two green Internet companies - 3rdWhale (which builds green apps) and Creative Citizen...

Last week, I wrote about the emerging transpartisan movement and its importance in moving us beyond fractious politics. A similar theme threaded through my radio show yesterday with Gordon Davidson and Corinne McLaughlin on "Co-Creating the New World of Synthesis" (download here), who offered deep wisdom on...

Yesterday's news about Arlen Specter changing parties, likely leading to a filibuster-proof Democratic majority in the Senate, has Democrats justifiably elated about the possibilities to move through bolder legislation.

Some jubilation is justified but we need to be careful not to neglect a still deeper need for our country --...

In Time magazine this week, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan emphasized the importance of creating more unifying national standards for education in our country, which currently has a patchwork of local and state standards. The focus for such education standards tends to be on reading, math and other traditional...

President Obama has been, on so many levels, a great boon for America's confidence, psychology, and relations with other countries. I feel proud of the dignified and focused way he has engaged the enormous challenges our nation faces.

His main Achilles heel so far is that he has not created...

I highly recommend the following article by Corinne McLaughlin and Gordon Davidson, which takes an in-depth look at the subtler dimensions of Obama's leadership. This perspective is key to understanding why he has been so effective in inspiring and mobilizing people. Their article is the most in-depth look at this...

I believe that November 4th, 2008 will live long in the history books as the moment that marked the transition from one American era to the next. The most obvious aspect of this transition was moving beyond the legacy of racism to elect an African-American president, opening doors of possibility...

Long have we labored to perfect this nation,
Shedding the false images that do not reflect our true nature:
We are one people, indivisible,
Born of wholeness and to
Wholeness we return.

With one momentous leap,
We have crossed a chasm forever;
Our...

With the final debate chalked as a win in the Obama column, a commanding lead both in the national polls and key swing states, as well as an unprecedented ground campaign, Obama could not be better positioned for a march to victory.

What is vital in the following weeks is...

Wall Street has careened like a drunk the last few weeks, with massive swings in reaction to epidemics of anxiety. While most of the financial world prays that the market has bottomed, another kind of bottoming out is necessary. And that is our own co-dependence with the addict that Wall...

In the stream of information about the financial crisis on Wall Street and the government's $700B bailout plan, there is a great deal of confusion, both about the deepest causes of the problems and the wisdom of various solutions. With a price tag of over $2000 for every citizen of...

While the initial buzz may be fading about Sarah Palin, her position as potential presidential successor still looms. Loyal Republicans tout her record as an executive as evidence that she is ready to lead our country if necessary.

To test this idea, what if we took Sarah Palin's financial...

With the Palin media frenzy still in high gear, it's imperative that Obama take back the excitement momentum. One powerful way to shake up the race again would be to begin publicly announcing his Cabinet, beginning with the appointment of Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State, assuming she agrees to...

Democrats at first thought that they had been handed an unexpected gift from McCain in the form of Sarah Palin. With her lack of national or international experience, presidential scholars on the left and right noted that she had the thinnest resume of anyone on a national ticket in the...

For months, Democrats have drawn battle lines between two camps, which come down to two answers to the question, "What do we need most in Washington: change or experience?" Obama has pinned the hopes of his candidacy on messages of a fresh beginning; Clinton on the steely resilience of weathering...