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From Gitmo to Gandhi: End the War Within
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 Guantanamo Bay, built on a legacy of fear, was...
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What The Buddha Might Say To President Obama
The only real failure in life is not to be true to the best one knows. Buddha With six months to go before the election, President Obama has officially launched his campaign. This is an important time...
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Happy 77th Birthday to His Holiness the Dalai Lama!
Today, June 6, 2012 marks the 77th birthday of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. From refugees to the likes of Richard Gere, people around the world have followed and celebrated this spiritual, humanitarian...
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Are tech tycoons poised to reform the government?
photo: chedder Gay marriage may stand a better chance at legalization with the persuasive backing of tech giants and celebrities – not to mention the support of their checkbooks. Amazon Founder Casts...
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Marianne Williamson on Spirituality, Leadership, and Politics
I speak and write often about my love for Marianne Williamson, who has been offering up incredible wisdom and guidance for decades. One of the qualities I most respect and admire in Marianne is her...
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Voting With A Patient Heart
“How poor are they who have not patience! What wound did ever heal but by degrees.” William Shakespeare (1564 – 1616) We are an impatient people. In our hurry-up-and-get-it-done pace, which informs not...
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The Enemy Is Within, Not Without: Make Love Not War
We will always blame and condemn those we feel are responsible for wars and social injustice, without recognizing the degree of violence in ourselves. We must work on ourselves as well as with those we...
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Advice From the Buddha For President Obama
All that we are is the result of what we have thought. Buddha Yes, he did it! Despite oceans of money and hours upon hours of backbiting, slander, and lying, the power of the people won out. Now...
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Chelsea Roff: Life Without Health Insurance
On the afternoon of the election, I sat counting ceiling tiles at my local Planned Parenthood clinic. “Have you ever been to a Planned Parenthood clinic before?” the receptionist asked me when I...
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With the country so divided this week over the Supreme Court’s deliberation on same sex marriage, let’s consider what it takes to build strong, cohesive teams. Despite heightened individualism in the...
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Facebook to Spend Millions on Immigration Reform (infographic)
We all know about the exorbitant sums corporations funnel into the government – the whole “voting with your wallet” maxim certainly pans out when that wallet is full of millions. Turns out the practice...
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Shameless Dancing on Margaret Thatcher’s Grave
The news of Margaret Thatcher’s death has been surprisingly sobering to me. It brought on a quiet mood from me. I hadn’t ever answered the questions I’d been asking myself about her. And now she’s...
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Life is beautiful and good.
No! No, there will never be a discussion on this subject! No, I will not talk about this! Why? Because it is like putting my hands in the mud and twisting my fingers, splashing, spraying slime and...
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How Many Slaves Are Working for You?
You may be surprised to hear this, but slavery did not end with the abolition movement. Abraham Lincoln and countless other freedom fighters around the world make huge strides for the cause of...
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What We Can Learn From Being Judged
We’ve all experienced the deflating feeling when someone judges us. Whether to our face or through a friend, the words carry the same weight. Someone else is saying we are less than, we aren’t good...
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Meet Ed Snowden, the 29-Year-Old Behind the NSA Leak
With Bradley Manning’s trial underway and the ongoing discourse over Julian Assange and Wikileaks, whistle-blowing has become a household word. The news of last week’s National Security Agency breach...
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Deepak Chopra: “Immigration Is Us,” an American Story (Part 1)
By Deepak Chopra and Sanjiv Chopra When you hear the word immigrant, what conjures up in your mind? Is it illegal vs. legal immigrants, contentious debates over immigration reform, or the Arizona...
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Deepak Chopra: “Immigration Is Us,” an American Story (Part 2)
Click here to read part 1. By Deepak Chopra and Sanjiv Chopra Psychological survival meant relying on the time-honored mechanism of the immigrant community. Ours was peculiarly select. It consisted...
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Is Kidnapping Ever Justified?
My friend forwarded me the security advisory, which began, “There have been three kidnap incidents in Ikoyi in the last five days.” I read this while sipping my morning coffee, a knot hardening in my...
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Will the Supreme Court’s Decision on the Voting Rights Act Undermine Civil...
Today the Supreme Court ruled in a 5 to 4 vote to eliminate Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act, one of the most important civil rights laws of the 1960s. The Act essentially delineated the parts of the...
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