Pennies for Peace

Start your new year by listening to the children about how to achieve peace and promote a cessation of terrorism in the world!

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The Associated Press: Carl Jung's Red Book to be displayed for 1st time

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Understanding the Anxious Mind - NYTimes.com

Excellent article on the borderland between brain functioning, behavior, and psyche.

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Decision to free Megrahi is a tribute to our decency

But it has been the outrage of the Obama administration in Washington that has been most difficult to stomach. Hillary Clinton's cack-handed attempt to interfere in matters under the jurisdiction of Holyrood last week was highly dubious.

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Rick Perlstein -- Birthers, Health Care Hecklers and the Rise of Right-Wing Rage

Good reminder of some of our earlier examples of right wing responses to being out of power, the article is both reassuring and disturbing.

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Dr. Tian Dayton: Seeing Fear Through a New Lens

Flu and fear seem to have been in the news this week. What are your strategies for dealing with your fears?

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BBC NEWS | South Asia | South Africa bans Dalai Lama trip

Three Nobel Peace Prize winners invite another Nobel Peace Prize winner and the government worries that attention will be taken off football. What's wrong with this picture?!

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Non-violence cannot tackle terrorism: Dalai Lama

"New Delhi: The Dalai Lama, a lifelong champion of non-violence candidly stated that terrorism cannot be tackled by applying the principle of ahimsa because the minds of terrorists are closed.

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The Power of Nonviolence

Last spring The Nation Institute sponsored a forum at the Society for Ethical Culture in New York City on "Gandhi, King and the Power of Nonviolence: Alternatives to Force in the 21st Century." The participants were Jonathan Schell, The Nation's Peace and Disarmament corresponden …

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A Buddhist Response to the Israeli / Hamas Conflict

"I don't know precisely how to do this. But there must be a clear intention, a policy of non-retaliation, understanding that retaliation, however emotionally compelling, leads just to more retaliation.

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Origins of Rivers, Omens of a Crisis

Webcast coming up on the 16th, this is a wealth of information on this often unreported climate change and the impact far beyond immediate borders. As the source of most of the major river systems in Asia from China to Pakistan, including the Yellow, the Yangtze, the Mekong, the …

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Thomas Hardy poem for the new year

Quite a discussion going on here about this poem and the approaching era!

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Obama Continues Building the community

The new discussion forum on change.gov will look familiar to newsvine readers. There's a comment policy; you can post; you can rate up or down others' posts; there's a rating tally that's a little like seeing seeds sprout! Building the community: A guide to comments

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Thom Hartmann: Three Cups of Tea for Rick Warren

You'd think that we'd have learned from these experiences - particularly those of us who call ourselves "progressives" - that you get your desired results faster when you embrace, engage, and nurture your "enemies" than when you physically or rhetorically bomb them.

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Inaugural Poet Selected: Elizabeth Alexander

She is the author of four books of poems, The Venus Hottentot, Body of Life, Antebellum Dream Book, and American Sublime, which was one of three finalists for the 2005 Pulitzer Prize.

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Whistleblowers sent to mental ward

Still happening in the world, even if we take for granted our current state of mental health laws. And if you've seen Changling, you know how close we are in our own history.

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Hillary Clinton to State

At last the question of when and whether is put to rest. And with Hillary is a strong team of others announced today.

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Obama-Biden national security team announced

The common thread linking these challenges is the fundamental reality that in the 21st century, our destiny is shared with the world's.

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One-hundredth of the bail out price

Here's some food for thought as Thanksgiving approaches. On Wednesday, in its 2009 humanitarian appeal, the United Nations made its largest request ever for support in the coming year for 30 million people snared by disaster and conflict: $7 billion.

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An audience with Grace Jones

Singer, film actress and style icon Grace Jones still cuts a commanding presence more than 30 years after she made her musical debut. Not bad for 60, eh!

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Why Barack Obama should keep his BlackBerry

On the campaign trail, Obama expressed frustration about his overscheduled day and noted the importance of setting aside time to think. So perhaps giving up the Blackberry won't be a hardship but rather the first, greatest presidential lifehack.

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Obama Marriage Body Language: One Aspect We Should All Emulate

Maybe now we're embarking on something new and long overdue: a role model of a healthy relationship in the White House.

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