For a couple of years now, I've been thinking about how to ground people in community through hard times (because I always knew hard times were coming.) One of the ideas I have is to have weekly community pot lucks.
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach | Posted 10.01.2008 | Living
For the branch of Judaism that has long advocated - and rightly so - that education is the key to observance, it is simply unacceptable to see so many youth lost.
Robyn O'Brien | Posted 09.05.2008 | Politics
We realized that we can no longer expect one person, one party, to be able to return our country to its former greatness, giving our children what they so rightly deserve.
Patricia Amaya | Posted 08.15.2008 | Green
The three day Sleepover will feature homemade organic foods with the proceeds being donated to Thurston County Gleaners Coalition.
Amy Swift | Posted 08.08.2008 | Living
Women, more than ever before, have a full plate of family commitments, business challenges, professional goals, and personal aspirations. The question...
Sean-Paul Kelley | Posted 07.13.2008 | Green
One thing I have never understood about Americans is their love of cars, and I am from Texas. To me, a car is like a prison sentence.
Amitai Etzioni | Posted 05.21.2008 | Politics
The nation is upon hard times, and being straight with the American people is to engage in risky politics. Obama is up to the challenge.
Bella DePaulo | Posted 05.05.2008 | Politics
Single voters play favorites, their favorites are Democrats, and there are about 92 million of them eligible to vote.
Deborah Fine | Posted 03.12.2008 | Living
Supermom is no more. What has taken her place is the Momtourage -- that village of teachers, nannies, friends, neighbors and caretakers who support and enrich each mother's life.
Sally Kohn | Posted 02.22.2008 | Entertainment
As the ideology of hyper-individualism runs its dangerous course through our politics and culture, the American public may be drawn to entertainment that depicts the future we're desperate to avoid.
Derek Shearer | Posted 01.09.2008 | Politics
If elected in November, it will be important for Hillary's supporters, and for the country not to forget the larger possibilities of change.
Amy Swift | Posted 11.14.2007 | Living
Without backing up our scrutiny of institutions with greater awareness of our own actions, hollow posturing allows us to persist in a state of denial about how our choices impact those around us day in, day out.
Steven Denlinger | Posted 11.09.2007 | Living
The mind needs freedom to question, which is impossible if constrained by the black and white mindset of fundamentalism. In any religion, excessive control clamps down the pipeline of creativity that feeds the soul.
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Susan Madrak | Posted 11.24.2008 | Living