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Grace: Setting a Bold Agenda for the New President

Cathleen Falsani | Posted 11.23.2008 | Living

Read More: Lama Surya Das, Aspen Institute, Joan Broan Campbell, Barack Obama, Reb Zalman Schachter-Salomi, Grace, Bikku Boddhi, Ute Nation, Obama Transition, Joan Chittister, Peace, Compassion, Global Peace Initiative of Women, Living News
Cathleen Falsani

Obama's election was, for many of the leaders present at the Global Peace Initiative, an indication not only of a shift in political power, but of spiritual power as well.

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Prayers of the People for Our New President

Cathleen Falsani | Posted 11.07.2008 | Living

Read More: Buddhist, Spirituality, Aspen Institute, SUFI MUSLIM, Christian, Barack Obama, Meditation, Chanting, 2008 Election, Prayer, BISHOP PHILIP R. COUSIN, POWER of PRAYER, Hindu, Faith, Jewish, President-Elect, Native American, Taoist, Confucian, Obama Grant Park, Living News
Cathleen Falsani

Prayer doesn't necessarily change God, but it has the power to transformour hearts and minds.

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Culture Zohn: Dear Democrats, Please Wake Up!

Patricia Zohn | Posted 08.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: Karl Rove, John McCain, Wind Power, Swift Boat, Nuclear Power, Hunter Thompson, Aspen Institute, Convention, Republicans, Democrats, The China Syndrome, Barack Obama, Boone Pickens, Nicolas Sarkozy, Anita Thompson, Politics News
Patricia Zohn

McCain was droll, offensive without being nasty and very relaxed. He was handy at spewing mixed-up rhetoric about his position and Obama's on the war, oil drilling, NATO and tax cuts -- It was seductive.

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T. Boone Pickens: From Swift Boater To Pluralist

Larry Gellman | Posted 08.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Jewish Wisdom, Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, John McCain, T. Boone Pickens, Aspen, Swift Boat, Alternative Energy, Talmud, Aspen Institute, Renewable Energy, Energy Policy, Barack Obama, T. Boone Pickens Wind Turbines, Swiftboating, Pluralism, Swift Boat Veterans, Jewish, 2008 Presidential Race, Natural Gas, Pickens Plan, Energy, Politics News
Larry Gellman

In just a few years Pickens has moved from being a totally partisan political animal to a man who is looking for the partial truth in the disparate views of a variety of people.

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My Advice To John McCain -- Be John McCain

Larry Gellman | Posted 08.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: Republican Presidential Candidate, Mccain Aspen Institute, George Bush, Republican Primary, Karl Rove, John McCain, Barack Obama, Cindy McCain, Aspen Institute, Presidential Election, Steve Schmidt, Republican Party, Attack Ads, Walter Isaacson, Politics News
Larry Gellman

I moved to Tucson seven years ago and I have voted for and supported Senator John McCain since I became an Arizona resident. I got to hear and talk wi...

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Lafayette, Where Are You? Obama Needs You Now!

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 08.18.2008 | Green

Read More: France, Pres Sarkozy, De Gaulle, Oil, Aspen Institute, Mccain, Obama, NY Times, Democrats, E.P.R., Nuclear Power, Lafayette, Obama Energy Policy, Barack Obama Nuclear Power, Big Oil, Oil Prices, Green News
Raymond J. Learsy

One solution stands out that would be singularly effective in contravening our seemingly helpless dependency on fossil fuels.

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A Slick Politician Trapped in a Politician's Body

Anita Thompson | Posted 08.15.2008 | Politics

Read More: Mccain Aspen Institute, John McCain, Hunter S. Thompson, Aspen Institute, McCain Campaign, Fear and Loathing on the Mccain Trail, McCain Russia, Mccain Russian Threat, Mccain Demeanor, Foreign Policy, Politics News
Anita Thompson

I came to the Aspen Institute to hear McCain talk about how he might handle this Russian Crisis -- and found a lot has changed since Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72.

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CON GAMES: Citizen McCain And The Carbon War

Michael Conniff | Posted 08.14.2008 | Green

Read More: Renewable Energy, Carbon, Environment, Russia, Aspen Institute, Georgia, John MCain, Aspen, Straight Talk Express, Green News
Michael Conniff

Well, my friends, if John McCain calls his audience "my friends" one more time I will never say the words "missing in action" again. If he refers to "...

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Hot Flashes From The Campaign Trail

Alison Teal | Posted 08.14.2008 | Living

Read More: Aspen Institute, Dalai Lama Aspen, Dalai Lama, Aspen Colorado, Aspen Music Festival, Aspen Ideas Festival, Aspen, Living News
Alison Teal

When the rest of the country is having conversations about the Olympics or Rielle Hunter, Aspenites are screaming about the rebirth of Russian national aspiration in its most ugly form.

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Bush's Worst Legacy -- The Desecration of "Patriotism"

Larry Gellman | Posted 08.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, Iraq War, Politics, Patriotism, Jack Kemp, Aspen Institute, Wartime Sacrifice, Republicans, Bush, Politics News
Larry Gellman

Before Bush, we could rightfully claim to be a moral country that refused to torture and demean people in the same ways as those countries we have criticized in the past. No more.

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Pluralism At It's Best: A Jew Has A Buddhist Epiphany

Larry Gellman | Posted 07.30.2008 | Living

Read More: Dalai Lama, Inner Life, Aspen Institute, Pluralism, Buddhism, Bu-Jew, Judaism, Jew-Bu, Living News
Larry Gellman

Last week was Aspen at its best. On Monday we got to hear King Abdullah of Jordan and a few days later I participated in a three-day symposium that featured His Holiness the Dalai Lama.

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A Celebration of Tibetan Culture

Susan Sawyers | Posted 07.25.2008 | Living

Read More: Dalai Lama, Aspen Institute, Free Tibet, Tibet, Robert Thurman, Dalai Lama China, China Tibet, Living News
Susan Sawyers

At the Aspen Institute's Celebration of Tibetan Culture, scholars, practitioners and tradition-bearers shared their wisdom on the significance of Tibet and its impact on current and future global issues.

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Congress Should Travel More Not Less: Applauding the Aspen Institute

Steve Clemons | Posted 07.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: Nita Lowey, Evan Bayh, Fred Upton, Charles Boustany, Jeff Bingaman, Congressional Travel, Greg Walden, Earl Blumenauer, Aspen Institute, George Voinovich, Howard Berman, Henry Waxman, Political Islam, Dick Clark, Susan Davis, Rush Holt, Robert Bennett, John Duncan, Geoffrey Davis, George Miller, Walter Isaacson, Richard Lugar, Politics News
Steve Clemons

Let me play the contrarian here. We need as many members out seeing the world as possible -- and if they are at a forum debating political Islam...well, fantastic!

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POLITICS ZOHN: How Bill Clinton Lost His Way But Found It Again

Patricia Zohn | Posted 07.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: Aspen Institute, Bill Clinton, Aspen Ideas Festival, Aspen Music Festival, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Robert Mugabe, Chelsea Clinton, Osvaldo Golijov, Politics News
Patricia Zohn

Clinton is best on offense: having to defend HRC was just not his shining moment. Let's not throw Bill's bountiful baby out with his murky bathwater.

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A View of the World from the Aspen Ideas Festival

Lynda Resnick | Posted 07.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: Aspen Ideas Festival, Aspen, Aspen Institute, Oil Prices, Income Disparity, Climate Change, China, Politics News
Lynda Resnick

Perhaps we need a benevolent dictator, not a president. No, that won't work... so how do we solve our problems? By attending festivals of ideas in Aspen and returning home charged with a new spirit of change.

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The New Media Environment: Paths to Understanding

Mahmood N. Al-Yousif | Posted 04.02.2008 | Media

Read More: New Media, Aspen Institute, Jordan, Conference, Media News

The premise of the Aspen Institute's conference I just attended at the Dead Sea in Jordan was somewhat different from the others I had in the past. Th...

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The Graying Of The Green Thing

Michael Conniff | Posted 04.01.2008 | Living

Read More: Al Gore Global Warming, Climate Change Program, Aspen Institute, Cathy Zoio, Aspen Environment Forum, Green, The Green Movement, Al Gore Green, Green Living, Al Gore, Green Movement, Alliance for Climate Protection, Global Warming, Being Green, Living News
Michael Conniff

Even with Al Gore's green Oscar conveniently on the mantle, the environmental movement proper has arrived at a moment in time when so much needs to be done so soon that nobody quite knows what to do next.

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Water: We Still Don't Get It

J. Carl Ganter | Posted 10.18.2007 | Politics

Read More: Drought, Atlanta, Climate Change, Water, Aspen Institute, Social Movement, Water Policy, Journalism, Politics News
J. Carl Ganter

The water crisis is proving to be equally complex, even more so. While it's skipped the political hot potato stage, it's knocking at our front door and few are listening.

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