Tribalism is pervasive, and it controls a lot of our behavior, readily overriding reason. Think of the inhuman things we do in the name of tribal unity.
John Feffer | Posted 05.27.2012
When our notion of the common good, of commonwealth, begins to disintegrate, all that is left are tribes defending their turf, standing their ground, enclosing their land.
Carlo Strenger | Posted 05.26.2012
There is only one way to lower the danger of nuclear terrorism and conflicts like that between Iran and Israel: the next generation needs to be educated within an ethics of global cooperation from earliest childhood onward.
Ted Cadsby | Posted 02.15.2012
Of all the arguments employed to challenge the usefulness of religion, one is largely overlooked: the way religion feeds our tribal instinct.
Daniel Cubias | Posted 11.01.2011
Does being an activist for your own race mean discriminating against others?
Jay Tavare | Posted 10.24.2011
As 2012 approaches and our global village gets smaller and more crowded, we must remind ourselves that underneath the stars we are all one race, one people.
Toni Nagy | Posted 11.17.2011
For the average western mom that doesn't live in a hippie haven, "mommy groups" are where mommies get together. I decided to try one these groups and found myself wanting to rebel.
Benjamin R. Barber | Posted 05.25.2011
For Libyans who have risked their lives in the name of democracy, the fates have engineered a beneficent reversal as radical as any in history. It's unclear, however, what the ultimate outcome of the allies' intervention will be for democracy.
Daniel Cubias | Posted 05.25.2011
When I was a college student, I worked at the student newspaper. I was a longhaired, hard-drinking journalist -- a Woodward and/or Bernstein in traini...
Marie Elena Martinez | Posted 11.17.2011
I was spending a rainy week in Santa Monica when I decided to take a yoga class one afternoon. I sat down with Ally Hamilton to talk about the Zen lifestyle of Santa Monica.
Michael Hughes | Posted 05.25.2011
General David Petraeus, in a rare public show of indecorum, last week suggested that corruption has been a part of Afghan culture since the country ca...
Josh Mull | Posted 05.25.2011
I am the Afghanistan Blogging Fellow for The Seminal and Brave New Foundation. You can read my work on The Seminal or at Rethink Afghanistan. The view...
Frankie Martin | Posted 05.25.2011
Kenya must tackle the roots of its election chaos. These include poverty, tribalism, and the failure of the country to live up to the vision of its first president, Jomo Kenyatta.
Susan Kuchinskas | Posted 11.17.2011
Herein lies the key to becoming a more trusting, more unified society: Practice. We will need to exercise our brains to approach each other with openness to connection.
Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 05.25.2011
It's political rhetoric to speak of finding unity and strength in our diversity, but how often in the past ten years have we used these differences in a tribal way to divide and conquer, electorally and socially?
Valerie Tarico | Posted 11.17.2011
Mutts are often stronger, healthier and smarter than purebreds. They tend to live longer. They surprise you more. They're less prone to neuroses and other kinds of twitchiness.
David Ropeik | Posted 05.16.2012