Dignity

An Idea Whose Time Has Come

Barbara Coombs Lee | Posted 11.06.2009 | Politics


Barbara Coombs Lee

End of life choice is the human liberty movement of the twenty-first century. This is the arena where dignity and liberty stride forward today. The struggle for end-of-life choices is a movement whose time has come.

From Enmity to Comity: Restoring Civility and Pride to American Life

Robert Fuller | Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics


Robert Fuller

Calls for civility have not worked, either with the public or the partisan commentators who model disdain and contempt for their followers. Why is hate resonating with the American public?

Nobel Encouragement

Dr. Susan Corso | Posted 10.12.2009 | Living


Dr. Susan Corso

Life on Earth will survive because of the visions of humans like Barack Obama. If you'd rather just complain, that's your right, but get out of the way while the rest of us get it done.

Obama's Nobel Honors His Dignitarian Politics

Robert Fuller | Posted 10.09.2009 | World


Robert Fuller

Obama got the prize not for doing, but for being. Not for making peace, but for exemplifying something new on the world stage -- the politics of dignity.

A Faith Declaration for Health Care Reform

Jim Wallis | Posted 10.07.2009 | Politics


Jim Wallis

There is no one "right" religious position on how health care should look; but I believe there are some fundamental moral and even biblical principles on which to evaluate any final legislative agreement.

How Nobodies Can Be Somebodies (FAQs re: The Dignity Movement against Rankism)

Robert Fuller | Posted 10.07.2009 | Living


Robert Fuller

We won't be able to confront rankism until we overcome our fear of seeming uppity by using the word in public.

Why Do We Want to Be Famous?

Robert Fuller | Posted 10.06.2009 | Living


Robert Fuller

When strangers ply us with questions like "And you are?", "Who are you with?", or "Where did you go to school?" they are likely sizing up our power as belied by our affiliations.

The Nobody Manifesto

Robert Fuller | Posted 11.08.2009 | Politics


Robert Fuller

Who are the nobodies? They are Everyman, Everywoman, Everychild. In our heart, each of us aspires to become someone new, someone more.

Somebodies and Nobodies: Understanding Rankism

Robert Fuller | Posted 09.20.2009 | Politics


Robert Fuller

Whether directed at an individual or a group, rankism aims to put targets in their place and keep them weak so they will do as they're told and submit to being taken advantage of.

Why Do We Hate Good-Byes?

Robert Fuller | Posted 09.12.2009 | Living


Robert Fuller

Our distaste for good-byes is a reminder of our unfathomable mutual dependence. An individual self cannot come into being, let alone endure, absent the recognition of others.

Rankism: The Elephant in Professor Gates's House

Robert Fuller | Posted 08.27.2009 | Politics


Robert Fuller

We were quick to look at the Gates affair through the lens of race. To bring things fully into focus, we need a second lens -- that of rank.

President Obama's Politics of Dignity

Robert Fuller | Posted 08.18.2009 | Politics


Robert Fuller

President Obama has yet to tell us how to repair our broken institutions. But he may be doing something equally important. He may be showing us the way.

David Brooks: Obama "May Revitalize The Concept Of Dignity"

The New York Times | Posted 08.07.2009 | Politics


Americans still admire dignity. But the word has become unmoored from any larger set of rules or ethical system. But it's not right to end on a note...

In Memory of Dr. George Tiller - He Supported Women's Dignity

Lynn M. Paltrow | Posted 07.03.2009 | Politics


Lynn M. Paltrow

Many were women with wanted pregnancies who learned that their baby had no brain, or kidneys growing on the outside of their bodies.

A Fairness Issue

Jim Wallis | Posted 04.12.2009 | Politics


Jim Wallis

"Without justice, what are kingdoms but bands of robbers?" - St Augustine. I was surprised when Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) opened up his remarks before ...

Planes, Pains And Automobiles

Dwayne Raymond | Posted 12.20.2008 | Business


Dwayne Raymond

These overpaid, egomaniacal "players" should heed Romney's counsel and start playing sensibly, like honorable men. And their first ante in this new game should be their own prompt resignation.

Getting to Work

Mike Bonifer | Posted 12.07.2008 | Business


Mike Bonifer

Throughout the campaign, this idea of getting down to work told us what kind of person we'd be getting as President.

A Whole New Reality

Pamela Gerloff | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics


Pamela Gerloff

The "everything is possible" mantra is no longer viewable as just a naïve belief, open to scoffing by cynics and pessimists. It's no longer just an idea, a possibility. It happened.