Disillusionment

Is That All There Is? The Question Of Nihilism

Dimitri Hamlin | Posted 11.23.2011

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Dimitri Hamlin

Nothing is the positive yet indeterminate impression on the horizon, just before becoming something definite. It is nothing and it is not-nothing. Together with the present, it is the future and it is the past.

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Disillusionment & Consequences: Moving Equality Forward After Setbacks

Waymon Hudson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Waymon Hudson

It's easy to give up, throw up our hands, and retreat to our everyday lives, especially when faced with an uphill battle like we have the next two years. But the fight for equality is never easy and never over.

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How to Survive Post-Election Blues (VIDEO)

Xeth Feinberg | Posted 05.25.2011

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Xeth Feinberg

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Requiem for a Lightweight President

Michael Brenner | Posted 05.25.2011

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Michael Brenner

There are slim grounds to expect a forthright reform agenda ever to emerge from the Oval Office. The moment has vanished -- whether November brings a rout or just a defeat.

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Releasing Your Expectations

Eva M. Selhub, M.D. | Posted 11.17.2011

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Eva M. Selhub, M.D.

Your expectations are clues that can guide you to healing your deeper needs so that you can feel more balanced as a whole.

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One Year After Obama's Election: Still Smarter...Than The Alternative

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chris Weigant

What puts this first year in perspective for me is that: Obama may not be smarter than all of us, but he sure is smarter by a long shot than McCain would have been. And that, for now, is enough for me.

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