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The Death of Cynicism Originally Posted: 06/28/2012 - 12:09am | Type: Blog: I knew I was cynical, but I didn’t know I was about to die from my cynicism. Then I went to the Wild Goose Festival. I wasn’t healed there. Just the opposite. I was playfully wooed to mourn the passing of my y ...
Kal Penn: Enough with the Cynicism and Disappointment, Time to Re-engage! Originally Posted: 10/05/2011 - 6:24am | Type: Blog: Before I met President Obama, I was always cynically independent when it came to politics. Like a lot of other young people with different views on different issues, I never considered myself to be either a D ...
Afghan Youth Peace Volunteers Yearn for Hope Originally Posted: 08/31/2011 - 4:40pm | Type: Blog: <p><a href="http://blog.sojo.net/2011/03/23/afghan-youth-peace-volunteers-yearn-for-hope/" target="_self"></a>In a country torn by 30 years of war, where the promise of pe ...
Why Christianity and July 4th May Be Compatible Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:34am | Type: Blog: This past Fourth of July weekend, I reflected on Kurt Willems' <a href="http://blog.sojo.net/2010/07/02/why-christianity-and-july-4th-are-incompatible/">recent post</a>, which had a ...
Americans Listening to Palestinians Listening to Israelis Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:19am | Type: Blog: What a day it was. Halfway through, many in our group of twenty felt that we couldn't take much more. What a day it was. Halfway through, many in our group of twenty felt tha ...
Obama's Nobel Speech, Violence, and Nonviolence: Who's Na Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:19am | Type: Blog: The president's campaign speech in Philadelphia on race and his speech earlier this year to the Muslim world from Egypt were, in my mind, two of the most important presidential speeches of my lifet ...
Video: Sen. Lindsey Graham Calls out Conservative Fringe Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:18am | Type: Blog: Sen. Lindsey Graham demonstrated recently what soulful leadership looks like in the Republican Party. Sen. Lindsey Graham demonstrated recently what soulful leadership looks like ...
Debating Race Originally Posted: 08/31/2011 - 4:39pm | Type: Blog: <p>Are we living in the golden age of racial debates? Every week seems to bring some new wrinkle in the national conversation about race, class, and ethnicity. And with the emergence of social media, we ...
Four Lessons from the Religious Right Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:18am | Type: Blog: <a href="http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009506344_religiousright21m.html" target="_blank">This <em>Seattle Times</em> article </a>on the current st ...
A Balanced View of Government Originally Posted: 08/31/2011 - 4:39pm | Type: Blog: <p><a href="http://www.sojo.net/index.cfm?action=events.m2ep&item=m2ep-home"></a>I'm honored to take part in the <a href="http://www.sojo.net/index.cfm?action=e ...
Hope Replaces Cynicism: Reflections on the Inauguration Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:17am | Type: Blog: Generations are often defined by tragedy and crisis. Cultural milestones are often measured by a traumatic event that is shared by a generation. Remember Pearl Harbor? Generatio ...