How to Teach Your Children About Death, Part 2
The theme of death this autumn, the season of dying, has brought home the realization that we are alive for now.
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Success for Dummies
Tom Morris | Posted 11.10.2009 | Business
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There is something important to be learned from Jeff Dunham's improbable rise. Passion and belief are often able to create a path forward where none may exist.
Hope, Change and The Long Road: One Year Later
Bob Cesca | Posted 11.04.2009 | Politics
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It's been exactly one year since Barack Obama was elected, and it's becoming increasingly clear that the president hasn't fixed the whole world yet. Then again, he never promised such a thing.
The Power of Fear and the Obligation to Hope
Emma Ruby-Sachs | Posted 11.04.2009 | Politics
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It was not surprising to learn that New Jersey and Virginia both elected Republican Governors. But I could not have predicted the loss in the tiny, liberal, free state of Maine.
The Imposter Syndrome: A Clue To Why People Stop Living Long Before They Die
Srinivasan Pillay | Posted 11.03.2009 | Living
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Have you ever wondered why your achievements in life reached a plateau when they did - how you were on the path of your dream before something got in the way and stopped the surge?
A Paucity of Hope
Gerald Sindell | Posted 10.27.2009 | Politics
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Hope was intrinsically too big a promise to run on. Hope unleashes dreams of the beautiful, while politics by its nature can only deliver the truly ugly and barely functioning compromise.
6 Strategies to Handle Transition Fears
Eva M. Selhub, M.D. | Posted 10.27.2009 | Living
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Loss and change cannot be prevented in life. It would be nice, but the reality is that the future is uncertain and anything can happen. The key is to stay out of fear by controlling your physiology.
Stopping Today's Flood
Rabbi Joshua Levine Grater | Posted 10.26.2009 | Green
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When I look at my kids, I pray that they will have a world to grow into that is habitable and sustainable. The generation of "whatever" is doing great harm to the future of our existence.
In the Name of Hope: Perpetual War and the Nobel Peace Prize
Hamdan Azhar | Posted 10.19.2009 | Politics
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If the Nobel Peace Prize Committee tells us that war is compatible with peace, who are we to say otherwise?
Goodness Precedes Greatness: A Call For New Heroes In Troubled Times
Jon Foreman | Posted 10.15.2009 | Impact
I would like to suggest that the best parts of our human nature can be seen in sacrifice or surrender. A mother sacrificing her time for her child, a teacher devoting her afternoons to help students off-the-clock. These are truly our most incredible moments as a species: moments of unmerited kindness.
The Norwegians Got It!
Lester Sloan | Posted 10.12.2009 | Politics
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While writers, poets, and scientists usually win the award for what they have accomplished, statesmen, philosophers, and other persons of ideas are honored for the causes that they champion.
The Indictment of America
Russell Simmons | Posted 10.12.2009 | Politics
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I'm really afraid that our beloved country, America, is standing on its last wobbly legs. I'm worried that the karmic effects of our negative actions will finally come home to roost.
Obama and the K Street Set
Thomas Frank | Posted 09.30.2009 | Politics
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Barack Obama's Washington was not supposed to be the lobbyists' Washington, the place we learned to despise during the last administration.
An Open Letter To Our Leaders
Chris Campbell | Posted 11.18.2009 | Politics
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Health Care,
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When I saw the "Baucus Bill" today, I finally couldn't take it anymore. I could no longer fight for a party that I barely even recognized.
Thompson's a Tiger! Who Knew?
Michael Henry Adams | Posted 11.15.2009 | New York
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On election night, Thompson stirringly repeated the refrain, "Eight is enough!", "Eight is enough!" We have a chance to win our city back.
How To Have Fun With A Wish List
Anne Naylor | Posted 11.12.2009 | Living
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Have you ever been around a child who, with single-mindedness of purpose, has got just what they wanted - like a puppy, a new pair of shoes, a treat o...
A New Number for a New Era: From 9/11 to 350
Billy Parish | Posted 11.10.2009 | Green
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Until we change our lifestyle, the Earth will remain in the danger zone. There is still time to bring carbon dioxide levels back down, but it's going to take a major transformation in how we think and act.
Obama's Health Care Speech: Hope Over Fear
Jim Wallis | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics
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In his speech last evening, Obama made the commitments that a broad coalition in the faith community had asked for -- reform as a moral issue, affordable coverage for all, and no federal funding of abortion.
Hope in Real Life
Rhoades Alderson | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics
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The president's most recent August swoon reminds us that this moment is the first real test of Obama's "hope" in the nitty-gritty of getting big things done in Washington.
The New "Hope" of Barack Obama
M.S. Bellows, Jr. | Posted 10.22.2009 | Politics
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These are troubling times for those who supported Barack Obama for President.
1000 Journals and the Capacity for Hope
James M. Lynch | Posted 10.17.2009 | Living
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The agenda was: here's a blank page, please fill it in, pass it on and return it to me. It's simple, straightforward, open and effective.
The Arrogance of Fear and What to Do About It
Karen Luniw | Posted 09.28.2009 | Living
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Whether it's a reformed health care system, a new job, a new place to live or to solve a business problem -- in order to get something new, we have to change.
Five Ways to Turn Angst into Bliss
Carolyn Rubenstein | Posted 09.25.2009 | Living
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Whether you see the glass as half full or half empty, the amount of water stays the same. It never changes. The only thing that changes? Your perspective.
3 Steps That Turn Hardship Into Hope
Carolyn Rubenstein | Posted 09.19.2009 | Living
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Various studies show that an optimistic mindset will lift your mood and might add years to your life. But how do you look on the bright side when life is really bleak?
Pandora's Box: The National Equality March
Bil Browning | Posted 09.17.2009 | Politics
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The LGBT community is used to being downtrodden and dismissed. Prejudice, animosity, and apartheid flew out of Pandora's Box long ago.
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