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William S. Becker

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Road to Copenhagen - Part 6: Money-Changers in Democracy's Temple

William S. Becker | Posted November 7, 2009 |

Read More: Ban Ki-Moon, Climate Bill, Climate Change, Coal, Congress, Copenhagen, Energy, Gas, Lobbyists, Morality, Oil, Religion, Utilities

There is a scene in the New Testament (Matthew 21:12) where Jesus throws money-changers out of the temple. We could use some of that in the halls of Congress.

While the U.S. Capitol is not the National Cathedral, members of Congress are the custodians of a sacred trust: to protect...

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Tom Vander Ark

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How social networking with transform learning

Tom Vander Ark | Posted November 7, 2009 | Technology

Read More: Education, Education Reform, Social Networking, Technology

There are plenty of theories about how to improve education. Most focus on what appear to be big levers--a point of entry and system intervention that appears to provide some improvement leverage. These theories usually involve 'if-then' statements: 'if we improve this, then other good stuff will happen.' Leading theories...

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Jeff Danziger

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New York Explained

Jeff Danziger | Posted November 7, 2009 | New York

Read More: Michael Bloomberg, Money, New York, Yankees

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Allison Kilkenny

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Focus On The Family's 'Youth Revolution' Funds Anti-Gay Referendum, Loses

Allison Kilkenny | Posted November 7, 2009 | Politics

Read More: Civil Rights, Focus On The Family, Gay, Gay Issues, Gay Marriage, Gay Rights, James Dobson, Prop 1, Referendum 71, Washington

While much of the nation's attention has been focused on the sad story of Prop 1 in Maine, another much happier story has been unfolding in Washington where the gay and lesbian community took another step toward equality with the approval of Referendum 71.

R-71 expands domestic-partnership rights, and has...

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Rose Winters

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Helping Children Grieve

Rose Winters | Posted November 6, 2009 | Living

Read More: Anxiety, Children, Death, Death & Dying, Death And Dying, Grief, Losing-a-Loved-One, Loss, Mourning, Parenting

Losing a loved one is always hard. The emotional impact isn't lessened when loss happens to a child. Even though we understand that the death of a parent is one of the most traumatic events that can happen in a child's life, we often feel at a loss how to...

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Julia Moulden

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Free Luxury: Help The Rich Learn To Live Like Us

Julia Moulden | Posted November 6, 2009 | Living

Read More: Happiness, Julia Moulden, Luxury, New Radicals, Roger Cohen

The publications that are thriving these days are those whose readers are wealthy. New York Times columnist Roger Cohen, for instance, just wrote about Tatler, the gossip magazine about the lives of the very rich, which is doing well all over the world.

I read the...

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Tara Stiles

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Relaxation: The Art of Doing Nothing (VIDEO)

Tara Stiles | Posted November 6, 2009 | Living

Read More: Anxiety, Calm, Compassion, Inner Calm, Ram Dass, Relaxation, Stress, Tara Stiles, Tension, The Dalai Lama, Yoga

Our minds are occupied with so many useless thoughts that cause tension. When we try to relax we aren't even aware of how to go about releasing the tension that we are gripping, because we don't fully understand why it is there. It happens to all of us. Stress and...

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Anne Naylor

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Can An Ordinary Person Enjoy A State Of Grace?

Anne Naylor | Posted November 6, 2009 | Living

Read More: Compassion, Confidence, Dr John-Roger, Faith, Forgiving, God, Grace, Gratitude, Hayley Westenra, Rumi, Sacrifice, Sarah Ban Breathnach, Security, Sleeplessness, Surrender, The Inner Life, Trust, William Hazlitt

As a divine being, a Soul, you bring spiritual light and love into this world.
You create a space for grace to be in your life.
Dr John-Roger

Can we create the conditions in which we lead grace-full lives? And if so how? Is it even possible to...

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Mike Stark

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Cantor & Nazism; H1N1 & Wall Street; Billionaires for Wealthcare

Mike Stark | Posted November 7, 2009 | Politics

Read More: Billionaires For Wealthcareksters, Bobby Bright, John Shaddegg, Peter DeFazio, Peter King, Swine Flu, Walt Minnick

I spent the day on the Hill interviewing Representatives about Wall Street and how they were able to jump the line to get the H1N1 flu vaccine before pregnant women and children.

Yesterday, I spent the day with the Billionaires for Wealthcare and witnessed some truly scary moments.

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Michael Martin

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The ABC's of Bias: Puma, Crude Oil, and You

Michael Martin | Posted November 7, 2009 |

Read More: Airlines, Crude Oil Prices, Monetary Policy, Puma

Attention airline passengers: Not only do you have to pay extra for your luggage, your meal, and your headphones, you now have a dress code on United Airlines. But that shouldn't surprise you. The airlines industry in general has been mismanaged for decades, including being overwhelmed with high labor...

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Robin Sax

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The Summer of Missed Opportunities---Now Extending to Fall, 2009?

Robin Sax | Posted November 7, 2009 | Impact

Read More: Anthony Sowell, Dae'Von Bailey, James Crowley, Jaycee Lee Dugard, Lily Burk, Luis Gates, Missed Opportunities, Phillip Garrido, Robin Sax, Robin Sax Posts

Are you kidding me? Has the "Summer of Missed Opportunities" extended to the Fall of 2009, as well? It sure looks that way!

The summer of 2009 was marked by cases where there were clear "missed opportunities," a term used to define cases where law enforcement, prosecutors, parole, the judicial...

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Loraine Boyle

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Fighting Myeloma with Laughter

Loraine Boyle | Posted November 6, 2009 | Impact

Read More: Myeloma, Myeloma Benefit

In her book, "The Year of Magical Thinking", Joan Didion defined for me what it is to lose your husband. Her book helped get me through the hell of losing my husband of 29 years, Peter Boyle, who died nearly three years ago of an incurable blood cancer called myeloma.

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J. Carl Ganter

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Climate wrap-up: Barcelona talks marked by urgency, frustration and pleas for patience and trust, while all mention of water is pulled from documents

J. Carl Ganter | Posted November 6, 2009 | Green

Read More: Bangkok, Barcelona, Copenhagen 2009, James Hansen, Keith Schneider, UN Climate Change, Water

Barcelona was supposed to bring hints of what's to come in December at the United Nations Climate Conference in Copenhagen. A world seeking sanity.

Of course the stories would be rich, the perplexities deep. Keith Schneider, our colleague and

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Lloyd Chapman

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Obama Stimulus Plan Fails Middle Class

Lloyd Chapman | Posted November 6, 2009 | Business

Read More: American Small Business League, Arra, Barack Obama, Economic Stimulus Package, H.r. 2568, Small Business, Stimulus, U.S. Department Of Labor, Unemployment, Unemployment Rate

On Friday, the U.S. Department of Labor announced that the national unemployment rate rose to 10.2 percent in the month of October, its highest point in 26 years.

Small business advocates like the American Small Business League (ASBL) believe the unemployment rate continues to soar because the Obama Administration's economic...

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Chris Weigant

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Friday Talking Points [100] -- Whigging Out

Chris Weigant | Posted November 6, 2009 | Politics

Read More: 100, 100 Episodes, 2009, Abraham Lincoln, Bachmann, Bill, Bill Owens, Cartman, Chris Weigant, Civil War, Concentration Camp, Congress, Dachau, Dana Milbank, Democrat, Democratic, Democrats, East Village Radio, Eastvillageradio, Election, Eric Cartman, Friday Talking Points, Government Healthcare, Harry Reid, Health, Health Care, Healthcare, House, Iraq, Little Bit Country, Mddotw, Michele Bachmann, Midotw, Milbank, Most Disappointing Democrat Of The Week, Most Impressive Democrat Of The Week, Nancy Pelosi, New Jersey, New York, New York 23rd, Ny-23, Owens, Pelosi, Podcast, Reform, Reid, Republican, Republicans, Senate, Shock And Awesome, South Park, Spin, Stay At Home Voters, Swing State Project, Talking Points, TJ And The Tux, Virginia, Volume 100, Vote, Washington Post, Whig, Whig Party, Whigging Out

I will explain that silly subtitle in a moment, but first we've got to delve even deeper into rampant silliness. If such silliness and unseriousness does not appeal to you, then I strongly suggest you skip down and begin reading with this week's Most Impressive Democrat Of The Week award....

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James Altucher

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Five Myths the Recession Taught Us

James Altucher | Posted November 6, 2009 | Business

Read More: Economy, Great Depression, Inflation, Recession, Saving Money, Stocks

I live on Wall Street. I'm not saying this metaphorically. I moved to the corner of Broad & Wall (the old JP Morgan bank turned residential a few years ago. The safe, which held all the gold, is now a swimming pool) on March 9 of this year, right at...

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Jon Chattman

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Bob Saget Means Well: A Huffington Post Interview

Jon Chattman | Posted November 7, 2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Bob Saget, Carolines, Comedians, Comedy, Dave Coulier, Disease, F-Bombs, Full House, Fundraiser, How I Met Your Mother, John Stamos, Olsen Twins, Schleroderma, Schleroderma Research Foundation

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Bob Saget is probably the only man alive who could pull off a fundraiser for a debilitating disease one night, and sing a tune like "My dog licked my balls" the next. In both capacities, he kills. It's all part of who the comedian...

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Kim Morgan

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Words From the Saint, Eva Marie

Kim Morgan | Posted November 6, 2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Alfred Hitchcock, Cary Grant, Eva-Marie-Saint, John Frankenheimer, Marlon Brando, Montgomery Clift, North By Northwest, Otto-Preminger

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In her first movie, she kissed Marlon Brando. And then she won an Oscar. How many actresses get that kind of a debut? But then, how many actresses are as wonderful as...

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Dr. Robert Epstein

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Why Hasan Did It: Are Shrinks Really Crazy?

Dr. Robert Epstein | Posted November 6, 2009 |

Read More: Crazy Shrinks, Ft Hood Shooting, Hasan, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, Psychiatry, Psychology, Shrinks

The tragedy at Ft. Hood reminded me of an extensive investigative piece I wrote for Psychology Today a few years ago. I'm reprinting it below. The whole article is relevant to the ongoing discussion about Maj. Hasan, but take an especially close look at the section entitled "Patients Can Really...

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Mona Gable

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A Lesson from Barack (and Malia) Obama

Mona Gable | Posted November 6, 2009 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama, Education, Malia Obama, Michelle Obama, Parenting


I know this isn't nice, but I was secretly pleased when the President outted Malia for getting a C on her science test. As a parent I found the news immensely reassuring. Why, the elder First Daughter has as much trouble juggling homework, sports and her social...

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