With all the activities our lives are dedicated to, it is easy and usual to overlook the fulfillment present in this actual moment. In service to our...
Stephen H. Dinan | Posted 06.20.2009 | Living
Twitter and Deepak Chopra spread peace on earth with the I Take The Vow pledge.
Kenneth C. Davis | Posted 06.19.2009 | Politics
'Why don't the mothers of mankind interfere in these matters, to prevent the waste of that human life of which they alone bear and know the cost?'
Rabbi Michael Lerner | Posted 06.19.2009 | Politics
We should forget about positioning ourselves as a neutral convener of negotiations, and instead develop and popularize the details of what a fair and just solution would be.
Ray Hanania | Posted 06.18.2009 | World
Why should Palestinians stop fighting for that land when their role models are the very Israelis who said they wanted their homeland back too? They waited 2,000 years. It's been only 61 for us.
Carne Ross | Posted 06.13.2009 | World
The administration may, at a stroke, be seeking to solve all aspects of the many-faceted problem of Israel's relations with its Arab neighbors: that means Palestinians, Lebanon, Syria, all at once.
Mohsin Mohi-Ud Din | Posted 06.12.2009 | World
The 60-year dispute over Kashmir is one of the most neglected conflicts in the world, and the perspectives of the very people living there are often marginalized by saber-rattling politics between India and Pakistan,
Danny Groner | Posted 06.10.2009 | World
While trying to downplay differences in the world, Dave Cullen is doing his part to make a world of difference. The founder of Full Court Peace (FCP),...
Tabby Biddle | Posted 06.10.2009 | World
Admittedly, I may just be naïve to think that talking about issues can solve them. But in my heart of hearts I do believe this. With transparency, comes accountability, comes responsibility, comes change.
Jim Wallis | Posted 06.08.2009 | Politics
A new generation of Evangelical Christians launched The Two Futures Project whose mission is "for the abolition of all nuclear weapons."
Jerry Zezima | Posted 06.07.2009 | Living
Lately, I have begun to think that, at 55, I really ought to do more than what is now my main form of physical activity, which is to get up once a night to go to the bathroom. So I recently took a yoga class.
Jodie Evans | Posted 06.06.2009 | Politics
Mother's Day isn't really about Hallmark and Teleflora, but was a call for women to gather in "the great and general interests of peace."
Joe Cirincione | Posted 06.04.2009 | Living
Lisa Kudrow has teamed up with us in a Mother's Day for Peace campaign to urge people everywhere to honor their mothers with a gift of peace.
Sarah Newman | Posted 05.30.2009 | World
Despite the stalled peace process, we shouldn't give up hope. Bold individuals are demonstrating their commitment to dialogue.
Douglas Alexander | Posted 05.28.2009 | World
In countries afflicted by conflict we must now add to that core mission a commitment to build peace and to build functioning states.
Karin Kloosterman | Posted 04.20.2009 | World
Six university newspaper editors from America visited Israel for the first time last December, and the already planned trip happened to coincide with the first week of the recent Gaza Conflict.
Rob Asghar | Posted 05.09.2009 | World
Obama's ability to identify ethnically and emotionally with the Islamic world, along with his ability to articulate American tolerance that goes back to the founding fathers, means that we're on our way.
Jon Rainwater | Posted 05.07.2009 | World
Wielding the American military is so expensive and complex it remains to be seen how much of a shift from the status quo Obama can accomplish.
Jim Wallis | Posted 05.07.2009 | World
A generation has come of age when "Fall Out Shelter" signs are nothing but rusty remnants of a time long past.
Robert Koehler | Posted 05.03.2009 | Politics
"Now, I'd like to speak clearly and candidly to the American people . . ." I believe him, with a passionate urgency -- this new president, swept into...
Michal Lewin-Epstein | Posted 05.18.2009 | World
Israel has the potential to become a regional soft-power player. Its political values: democracy, transparency and accountability, are very attractive, and seem to be appealing to the Palestinians.
Jim Wallis | Posted 04.26.2009 | Politics
While watching President Obama's press conference Tuesday evening, I was struck by a few things that are often forgotten in the criticism of his proposed budget.
Nathan Schneider | Posted 04.26.2009 | Politics
What better lawn ornament could the White House have than a passel of passionate citizens giving tourists something to think about?
Anne Naylor | Posted 04.21.2009 | Living
"The human spirit is so great a thing that no man can express it; could we rightly comprehend the mind of man nothing would be impossible to us upon t...
Olivia Rosewood | Posted 04.19.2009 | Living
There is no doubt that these are troubled times. But I have lately been reminded that all times do pass, and how you and I will come through this sto...
Gangaji | Posted 06.21.2009 | Living