Mahatma Gandhi

A Missed Opportunity: Human Rights in Asia

Jack Healey | Posted 10.28.2009 | Impact


Jack Healey

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.

The Indictment of America

Russell Simmons | Posted 10.12.2009 | Politics


Russell Simmons

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.

Nobel Obama, Noble Gandhi ... and These Ignoble Times

Vamsee Juluri | Posted 10.15.2009 | World


Vamsee Juluri

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.

Nobel Prize Snubs: Which Great People Never Won?

Posted 10.09.2009 | World


The announcement that President Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize has inspired a new wave of history-seekers to look into the prize. Who's won and who h...

The Hamlet Secret: Joyful Living!

James M. Lynch | Posted 10.09.2009 | Living


James M. Lynch

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.

Loved Twice: Mother Gives 20,000 Lbs Of Clothes To Underprivileged Newborns (VIDEO)

Toan Lam | Posted 11.10.2009 | Living


Toan Lam

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.

For Gays in the Military, Obama's Good Intentions Not Enough

Aubrey Sarvis | Posted 06.24.2009 | Politics


Aubrey Sarvis

Good intentions are no substitute for the change our service members are counting on, especially those who might like to be relieved from a third or fourth or fifth tour in Iraq or Afghanistan.

Ghandi Glasses Up For Auction, Outcry In India

AFP | Sebastan Smith | Posted 04.03.2009 | World


The collector behind the upcoming auction of Mahatma Gandhi's iconic glasses said Tuesday he understands India's fierce opposition, but insists the sa...

A Sideshow? Not Our Blago!

Rick Horowitz | Posted 03.02.2009 | Politics


Rick Horowitz

The Irrepressible Blagojevich admits to nothing! He concedes nothing! He never stops smiling! And he does all this while reciting poetry!

How Israel is Wrong and the Palestinians are Misguided

Cenk Uygur | Posted 01.31.2009 | World


Cenk Uygur

Israel is occupying the West Bank (and effectively Gaza because they control the borders, the airspace, etc.). What are they going to do with it -- hold on to it forever?

In Vogue: The New Testament

telegraph.co.uk | Anita Singh | Posted 11.10.2008 | Style


The glossy coffee table tome, titled Bible Illuminated: The Book, is a bold attempt to capture the attention of modern readers. Instead of following t...

Will A Vow Of Poverty Fill The Void In My Soul?

Jim Luce | Posted 06.28.2009 | Living


Jim Luce

As I approach my fiftieth birthday, I am feeling incomplete. Part of me - my soul? - is still missing. In secular terms, I think I am not yet in tou...

What Gandhi Can Still Teach Us

Ode Magazine | Bill McKibben | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living


I spent the early summer of 2006 in India's most remote state, Arunachal Pradesh, a country of great beauty, remoteness and poverty bordering the Brah...