Meatless Monday: Sleeping -- and Eating -- With the Enemy
Okay, I'm going to out myself. I sleep with the enemy. I'm married to a carnivore. He was a carnivore when I married him, I was a vegetarian who ha...
Okay, I'm going to out myself. I sleep with the enemy. I'm married to a carnivore. He was a carnivore when I married him, I was a vegetarian who ha...
Jack Healey | Posted 10.28.2009 | Impact
Our president is afraid of being seen in public shaking the hand of the Dalai Lama. Publicly acknowledging the Dalai Lama's cause would be type of change I hoped to see when I gave money to Obama's campaign.
Joe The Nerd Ferraro | Posted 10.15.2009 | Politics
The Nobel being awarded to Obama is the world saying loud and clear that the right wing zealots in the United States are out-of-line with everybody else on the planet.
Jim Wallis | Posted 10.13.2009 | Politics
The vitriol against Obama's peace prize and "those Norwegians" who gave it to him is much deeper than the president's lack of achievements thus far; it is based on a fundamental clash of worldviews.
Vamsee Juluri | Posted 10.15.2009 | World
It may be true that President Obama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for promise rather than achievement, but let us not forget that there is at least one point on which he has already proven himself -- civility.
James M. Lynch | Posted 10.09.2009 | Living
Whatever the result, whatever happened, it is all your "fault" (read "responsibility"). By adopting this stance, you become empowered to take on any situation no matter what.
Mira Kamdar | Posted 10.02.2009 | World
Were he alive today, I have no doubt Gandhi would be utterly appalled at the direction the world and his own country India have taken.
Rani Singh | Posted 10.02.2009 | World
The Congress party and United Progressive Alliance President, Sonia Gandhi has commenced an austerity drive amongst her cohort of politicians.
Eric Stoner | Posted 09.30.2009 | Politics
Rather than encouraging grassroots protest to help push the public debate and further a progressive legislative agenda as Roosevelt did, Obama is unfortunately publicly trying to quash pressure from the left.
Avital Binshtock | Posted 09.25.2009 | Green
It's officially Climate Week. In case you feel discouraged that you can't do enough, remember Gandhi's words: "Almost everything you do will seem insignificant, but it is very important that you do it."
Catherine Ingram | Posted 09.24.2009 | Living
As a longtime student of Gandhian principles, I know that history has plenty of cases wherein intelligence, education, and kindness prevail over ignorance, fear, and cruelty. Whither Barack Obama?
Bryan Farrell | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics
Obama is clearly familiar with Gandhi's sayings since he borrowed one for his election campaign. So what doesn't he understand about the one that goes: "an eye for an eye makes the whole world blind"?
Toan Lam | Posted 11.10.2009 | Living
For the past two years, Lisa has packed more than 20,000 pounds of kids clothes for underprivileged newborns living in and around Oakland, California -- Kids that would otherwise leave the hospital without the baby basics.
Bryan Farrell | Posted 10.21.2009 | Entertainment
There is a surprising truth about WWII: nonviolence, of the kind Gandhi practiced, was used successfully against the Nazis.
Jim Lichtman | Posted 10.20.2009 | Living
Isn't it up to God to forgive the truly horrible, like members of the Manson Family? Should we forgive all mass-murderers? Must we go that far?
Jim Selman | Posted 10.17.2009 | Living
We need to commit ourselves to a vision bigger than is reasonable and go into action to clean up our messes and create the world we want -- a world that works for everyone.
Cynthia Boaz | Posted 09.18.2009 | Politics
I am not saying that Jesus was a Stalinist or even a communist, just that it's very clear from his teachings that he believed that people were happier and healthier when they shared with each other.
Cynthia Boaz | Posted 09.14.2009 | Living
We in the United States have a health care system that creates (rather than eases) burdens for those battling critical illness. We have it all backwards.
Randall Amster | Posted 09.13.2009 | Politics
Despite the gains reflected today in the legal and cultural shifts, we are still embroiled in military conflicts that appear long-term and intractable.
Dr. Cara Barker | Posted 09.12.2009 | Living
Sometimes, it's just when you can least afford to take a break that it turns out to be the most necessary. If you are anything like me, you've heard ...
Anuradha K. Herath | Posted 09.10.2009 | World
The meek 77-year-old Ariyaratne, often called the "Gandhi of Sri Lanka," has become popular for his massive meditation sessions in which hundreds of thousands of people converge to pray for peace.
Carl Pope | Posted 08.31.2009 | Green
Three generations of Gandhi-inspired environmental activists are on the stage. They haven't forgotten his emphasis on empowering local people and developing India from the bottom up.
The Huffington Post | Posted 08.28.2009 | World
The Johannesburg house where Mohandas Gandhi spent three years as a young lawyer is for sale, according to the Times of India. The Times of India rep...
Ajay Singh Chaudhary | Posted 07.23.2009 | World
After more than a century of revolutions, Iran is teaching us and the world about democracy and freedom in ways that we have not yet understood.
Pam Spaulding | Posted 06.27.2009 | Politics
Whites don't want to have the difficult conversation and chance being labeled racist for bringing it up, blacks who oppose equality for LGBTs toss out the race card to avoid the discussion.
Ellen Kanner | Posted 11.09.2009 | Green