One Gigantic Shining Moment
In the moments immediately after Obama was sworn in, I turned to an African American woman standing behind me and we just hugged, celebrating in that tight embrace the collapse of racial divide.
In the moments immediately after Obama was sworn in, I turned to an African American woman standing behind me and we just hugged, celebrating in that tight embrace the collapse of racial divide.
M.J. Ryan | Posted 02.20.2009 | Living
An intent can be anything you want to change or achieve in your life or in the world in which you live -- it can be personal, social, or global, or all three.
Bradley Burston | Posted 02.15.2009 | Living
In this day, when the trepidation and rage and mourning that is called war, seizes our hearts and patches them in scars, we call to you, the Lord whose name is Peace.
Helen Benedict | Posted 02.14.2009 | Politics
Iraq War veterans seem to be killing and hurting themselves and others more than veterans of any other war in American history.
Nomika Zion | Posted 02.13.2009 | World
Not in my name and not for me did you go into this war. The bloodbath in Gaza is not in my name nor for my security. Behind this accursed leadership of Hamas live human beings.
Arthur Rosenfeld | Posted 02.11.2009 | Living
Unlike passive varieties of entertainment, the good novel does not leave us numbed up, dumbed down, mentally impoverished, weakened or intellectually dead.
Indra Adnan | Posted 12.28.2008 | Politics
Tim, Larry, Christina and Melody: half men, half women in a balanced partnership to face a global crisis and reshape the economic culture of the early 21st Century.
Ellen C. Caldwell | Posted 12.14.2008 | Style
We are crying because grandmas who were born into segregation and fought for the right to vote not just as women, but also as black Americans voted for our next president.
Dan Kowalski | Posted 11.11.2008 | Home
When you hear the sound of Barack Obama's voice, how does it make you feel? How about the sound of John McCain's voice? Shut off your logical left brain and simply attend to how you feel when you hear their voices.
Susan Smalley, Ph.D. | Posted 10.19.2008 | Living
I've noticed since the conventions that we have slipped completely into emotional politics. There is anger, anxiety, pride, cynicism, shock, fear, an...
Claudia Ricci | Posted 02.21.2009 | Politics