As printed, the President's speech to USA students at the advent of this new school year seemed benign enough.
Amy Novogratz | Posted 09.17.2009 | Living
We hope that thousands of leaders from all religions, will agree to the Charter for Compassion, add their signatures and address their congregations on compassion.
Rabbi Michael Lerner | Posted 08.08.2009 | Politics
The lure of "inclusion" and "access to the powerful" and "being part of the consensus" seemed attractive, while there seemed to be little to be gained by simply not being on the list.
Jan Phillips | Posted 06.15.2009 | Business
The spiritual questions that are on the table now, though one would never know it listening to the daily news. Will we actually embody the tenets of our faith?
Rabbi Michael Lerner | Posted 03.29.2009 | Business
This is the moment in which biblical ethics and the wisdom of spiritual traditions are actually more realistic than the plans of the capitalist economists.
Ed and Deb Shapiro | Posted 03.01.2009 | Living
I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent. Mahatma Gandhi The prison camp at...
Michael L. Millenson | Posted 02.19.2009 | Politics
There is a Jewish prayer that captures the sense of relief, gratitude, and joy that so many of us feel as Barack Obama becomes the 44th president of the United States. It is called the Shehechiyanu.
Dave Belden | Posted 01.19.2009 | Home
Keynesians listen up: if all workers were paid what they are legally owed (let's not even get to what they're morally owed for a minute--that's more c...
Kay Goldstein | Posted 11.29.2008 | Living
While some might naturally resist the idea of reconciliation, it's a perfect antidote to the sometimes toxic environment of American electoral politics. It's the change we need.
Ed and Deb Shapiro | Posted 11.16.2008 | Living
We are not presuming to know what the Buddha might say to John McCain, any more than what he might say to any of us. But the Buddha did teach very cle...
RJ Eskow | Posted 08.13.2008 | Politics
These election years are especially challenging: One candidate plays dirty, the other occasionally disappoints, and the media rig the game. It seemed like a good idea to ask some Buddhists for guidance.
Peter Clothier | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living
I still regard myself as a novice when it comes to many aspects of the Buddhist teachings. Having now a ten-year daily meditation practice, and havin...
Saul Segan | Posted 11.09.2009 | Home