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It was mere happenstance that the year I was chosen to represent the United States as our Ambassador for Variety The Children's Charity, we had voted ...
It was mere happenstance that the year I was chosen to represent the United States as our Ambassador for Variety The Children's Charity, we had voted ...
Patrice Bendig | Posted 05.08.2012
Instead of stressing about last minute present preparation like I do for most loved ones birthdays, I'm reflecting on my grandfather's life and his continuous influence on it.
Elise Sax | Posted 04.16.2012
When did this happen? The last I looked, I was pretty much my own self with my own eyes and nose. But now, my mom has taken over, and my cheeks, my chin, my whole profile is hers.
Jose Vilson | Posted 05.21.2012
What gets lost in this conversation is that somewhere along the line, our society still has people who teach our children that our racial differences imply inferiority or, worse, dehumanization.
Maggie Jackson | Posted 05.07.2012
If we drive children away from their innate needs to go within themselves to reflect and imagine, we'll be losing something of our humanity. Are we looking up from our screens often enough -- and teaching our children to do so?
Deborah Calla | Posted 02.29.2012
As the year draws into a close, many of us reflect back to our personal highs and lows. Even people who are not totally convinced of the end followed by a new beginning get pulled into the general feeling of warm hugs, introspection and slowing down.
www.beachedmiami.com | Posted 02.27.2012
There are infrared cameras at Government Center watching and recording your movement. No surprise, I know, but it’s not what you’re thinking. Comm...
Misha Lyuve | Posted 01.14.2012
From ART BEAUTY LIFE blog I've been wondering whether impatience is my inborn trait or I acquired it through the years of living in big cities. In...
Trish Mitchell | Posted 12.24.2011
Dearest Trisha, You are about to have a rough year. Your 16th birthday was crap, I know, like a lot of your life so far, but I promise it'll be ok. I...
Posted 12.03.2011
Watch Huff/Post50's editor-at-large, Rita Wilson, talk about reflecting on the first stages of our lives before asking fellow post-50s for their take ...
Meg Campbell | Posted 10.30.2011
Intentions are a powerful way to launch the school year. As with the best ideas in any good school, this one came from a teacher.
Gadadhara Pandit Dasa | Posted 10.10.2011
The root of the problem is that right from our childhood we've been driven and pushed to achieve material success and social status. We've almost completely ignored our spiritual needs.
Peak Johnson | Posted 09.18.2011
As I type this I am staring at my newly earned Associate in Arts degree and certificate in creative writing from the Community College of Philadelphia...
Meg Campbell | Posted 09.06.2011
Finland's public education system is enjoying a great deal of attention these days. One characteristic worth emulating is how much time they give teachers to plan and work together.
Jim Wallis | Posted 07.19.2011
While the broken state of our immigration system, and its desperate need for reform, might not be a part of your daily life, there are many for whom it is. It's time we all start following this story.
Josh Ozersky | Posted 07.09.2011
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Rabbi Joshua Levine Grater | Posted 07.08.2011
I thought I had my ideas in order for what I wanted to say on bin Laden, and then I heard Father Greg Boyle at the Pasadena Mayor's Prayer Breakfast y...
Tony Schwartz | Posted 05.25.2011
Do you have the feeling, as I do, that in the tsunami of everyday life, we're getting too much of stuff we don't need, and not enough of what we do? Herewith my first set of suggestions about how to redress the imbalance.
Ethan Casey | Posted 05.25.2011
The point is that no self-respecting human being likes to be bullied, whether in Tripoli or in Madison. In America, less urgently than in Libya but urgently enough, it's high time we reclaimed an honest and legitimately popular politics.
Stefania Lucchetti | Posted 05.25.2011
Have you ever experienced your mind just shutting down because there was too much going on around you or you were under great stress?
Jim Wallis | Posted 05.25.2011
The speech Barack Obama gave in Tucson was a memorial to the victims of a horrible tragedy, but the spirit of his speech could also shape Tuesday's State of the Union address by calling us to be worthy of each victim's sacrifice.
Mike Robbins | Posted 11.17.2011
One of best things we can do in this new year is to focus on who we really are, instead of who we think we're supposed to be.
Kim Michele Richardson | Posted 11.17.2011
Many find themselves revisiting yesteryear to see how they'd do things differently, using the Should've-Would've-Could've rule to make amends.
Joe Solomon | Posted 05.25.2011
Let's imagine for a moment, that right now we're not nearing the end of 2010. Instead, we're wrapping up 2011 -- the year online organizers shot for the stars.
Randy Miller | Posted 05.25.2011
I decided a few weeks ago to take time out from traditional instruction to sit with my kids and have a real conversation about the meaning of life and coming to school each day.
Susan R. Hatten | Posted 05.14.2012