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Learning The Art Of Happiness

Howard C. Cutler, M.D. | Posted 11.30.2009 | Living


Howard C. Cutler, M.D.

New scientific evidence dispels our cultural biases and myths, such as perceiving happiness as a somewhat "soft" or frivolous subject, or considering happiness to be self-centered or self-indulgent.

Let Peace On Earth Begin With Me And You

Joann Davis | Posted 11.18.2009 | Living


Joann Davis

But in our spectator society, where it's easier to watch reality tv than live our own authentic and vibrant life, small, personal acts are sometimes overlooked and minimized.

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?

Step Aside For Anger

Deborah Calla | Posted 10.16.2009 | Living


Deborah Calla

Anger, I know it so well. I lived with it for a very long time and have claimed it as a kin of mine. It got my heart rate and blood pressure up, and it got my adrenaline, and noradrenaline up.

Our Children Shouldn't Be Messengers Of Hate!

Linda Milazzo | Posted 09.24.2009 | Politics


Linda Milazzo

Regardless of which side of the religious and socio-political spectrum a child's parent or guardian is on, that child is innocent. Children are not billboards for hatred, malice and lies.

The Virtue of Hate

Marty Kaplan | Posted 05.07.2009 | Living


Marty Kaplan

Psychologists say that carrying hostility around can kill us. Wanting someone to rot in hell, we are told, does more damage to ourselves than to the objects of our anger. Healing comes from letting go of the hatred. Really?

Jackie Mason Owes Apologies to Many People, Including President Obama

Ray Hanania | Posted 04.18.2009 | Politics


Ray Hanania

Mason may be a big shot. But in my eyes, his a puny, unfunny bully. Hearing that he called President Obama such a terrible word doesn't surprise me at all.

Republicans Use Fear to Win

Scott Foval | Posted 12.03.2008 | Home


Scott Foval

It has been a long eight years, and this past week saw the politics of division pushed to the absolute limit of absurdity. We must not allow it to go on any longer.

At McCain Rallies, America Seems Close To Revisiting Its History Of Political Violence

Ellis Dean | Posted 11.13.2008 | Home


Ellis Dean

In the video of a McCain event, a small, solemn group of patriots - average age about 75 - sings a chorus of "God Bless America," as if to inoculate themselves against the idea that a "colored boy" (insert your own euphemism) might possibly defile the White House with his presence.

An Open Letter to John McCain

Frank Schaeffer | Posted 11.10.2008 | Politics


Frank Schaeffer

John McCain: In 2000, as a lifelong Republican, I worked to get you elected. In return, you wrote an endorsement of one of my books about military service. You have changed.

Can an Anorexic Woman and an Obese Woman Be Best Friends?

Leslie Goldman | Posted 08.08.2008 | Style


Leslie Goldman

The opening dialogue of disFigured moves into a rare plotline that I found shockingly real, touchy, emotional, humorous and hurtful, and introspective for viewers heavy and thin alike.