Open warfare has already broken out in Libya: the scale and stage of the violence are extreme. Yet there is still a way to respond that, while extremely difficult to pull off, could be called nonviolent.
2011
Another Word on “God and the Twenty-First Century”
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What if God emerges from and evolves with us?
2011
Tales of Morality and Meaning in an Age of Global Warming
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Some years ago I met a man who, over a single cup of ginger-mint tea, shook my deepest assumptions about the process of moral conversation. His name was Samuel Prana.
2011
Holding the Wound, Holding out Hope: Understanding the Neurobiology of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
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Trauma runs through the lives of Israelis and Palestinians like a branching nerve. It is imperative that an understanding of trauma’s impact and healing form the foundation of all that guides negotiations for peace.
2011
Curative Songs
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Like Kafka’s parables and the enigmatic, humane tales of Rabbi Nachman, Rodger Kamenetz’s Burnt Books has an economical generosity that is thoroughly secular, deeply religious, and seriously joking.
2011
The Egyptian Movement for Democracy and Jewish Communal Ambivalence
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The momentous changes taking place now in the Middle East provide Israel with a new moment to leave behind its historical fear responses and instead lead the way in welcoming the leaders of these new Arab protest movements.
2011
A Progressive Strategy for 2011-2012
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Primaries are one way we the people can still bring our concerns into national politics.
2011
Overcoming the Trauma of the Holocaust: Will Light Pierce the Darkness?
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THE HOLOCAUST IS OVER, WE MUST RISE FROM ITS ASHES by Avraham Burg, Palgrave Macmillan, 2008
2011
Postwar Dystopia or Family Paradise?
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SECOND SUBURB: LEVITTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, edited by Dianne Harris, University of Pittsburgh Press, 2010
2011
The Imperial War for Drugs
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AMERICAN WAR MACHINE: DEEP POLITICS, THE CIA, GLOBAL DRUG CONNECTION, AND THE ROAD TO AFGHANISTAN by Peter Dale Scott, Rowman & Littlefield, 2010
2011
The Real Education Reformers: Why Chicago Mothers and Teachers Are Doing More than “Waiting for Superman”
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Don’t race to the top, look to the grassroots for the future health of our schools.
2011
To Uphold the World: What Two Statesmen from Ancient India Can Tell Us about Our Current Crisis
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An ancient society’s government endorsed nonviolence and economic social justice? It did, and we can too.
2011
Nourishing Hope — in Uganda and in the United States
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How come Ugandan activists are upbeat while so many U.S. activists are glum?
2011
Prospects for the U.S. Left: Not Bad At All
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The growing public anger at capitalism is palpable. When conservative radio hosts play up Marxist websites, things are looking up.