Aspen Institute

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

Larry Gellman | Posted 08.07.2008 | 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 08.02.2008 | 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 07.25.2008 | 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 07.18.2008 | 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 07.12.2008 | 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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