Tony Blair is optimistic peace can be achieved in the Middle East during the administration of President Barack Obama.
Ed and Deb Shapiro | Posted 07.19.2009 | Living
While we were recently in England we were invited to a dinner party that was also attended by Monica Lewinsky (yes, that Monica!). She struck us as be...
Isha Judd | Posted 07.18.2009 | Living
When we become aware of the impossibility of external permanence, we can begin to cultivate the only thing that can give true security: inner peace.
Ray Hanania | Posted 07.16.2009 | World
Most disappointing is the failure of mainstream Israelis to challenge Netanyahu and to call his hatred and extremism what it really is.
Linda Milazzo | Posted 07.13.2009 | World
It was with enormous pleasure that I watched CODEPINK build a playground in Gaza, where children are spared the ravages of war to be as they should be: happy, joyous and free.
Faisal J. Abbas | Posted 07.06.2009 | World
The president seemed to know every little detail in the 'What Upsets Arabs' booklet and tackled them one by one.
Gangaji | Posted 07.03.2009 | Living
In the midst of the recent Swine flu panic, most of us have been more careful than usual with our physical hygiene. We wash our hands more faithfully,...
Therese Borchard | Posted 07.02.2009 | Living
Awhile back I asked you for your sanity tricks, techniques that help you fight the forces of the dark side. Here are some of the gems. 1. Learn the a...
Abdul Malik Mujahid | Posted 06.29.2009 | World
How many of us can turn down money for a higher cause? How many of us will leave a life of comfort and go for some thing which has substantial risks and dangers?
Gangaji | Posted 06.25.2009 | Living
Mr. Young won, and we all win if we allow his story to inform our inner struggles, the struggle with the parts of ourselves we deem hateful and unworthy; the struggle with others we deem hateful and unworthy.
Anne Naylor | Posted 06.23.2009 | Living
Recently, I gave a meditation class for people who were either new or lapsed meditators. One person meditated 20 years ago, but recently with the moun...
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.
Jane Levere | Posted 07.27.2009 | New York