Rebuilding in Kyrgyzstan

Bruce Robinson — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 06:00:00 +0100

Of all the international hot spots where disaster assistance workers were needed last summer, Kyrgyzstan didn’t get a lot of attention. But that’s where one local volunteer spent most of July, working on rebuilding after a regime change and a spate of internal ethnic conflict.

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International Forgiveness Day

Bruce Robinson — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 06:00:00 +0100

Holding on to old emotional wounds and resentments can be hard on your health, as well as your psyche. International Forgiveness Day, which is observed on August 8th, promotes the healing of those hurts.

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Mediators Beyond Borders

Bruce Robinson — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 12:00:00 +0100

Mediation isn’t just for family or business disputes. It can also be applied to tribal or international conflicts, and the organization called Mediators Beyond Borders was created to do just that.

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Sebastopol’s Enmanji Temple, a cornerstone of the area’s Japanese culture, is the subject of a short documentary film that reveals a key episode in the preservation of the historic structure.

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"The Empathic Civilization"

Bruce Robinson — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 14:00:00 +0100

Empathy, not self-interest, is the core impulse of human nature, according to social analyst Jeremy Rifkin. And that realization may hold the key to successfully responding to the environmental and economic challenges that now confront humanity.

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David Swanson

Bruce Robinson — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 14:00:00 +0100

The founding Fathers saw the U.S. Constitution as a dynamic document that would evolve and change over time. Writer and activist David Swanson believes we’re long overdue in getting to work on that.

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Bruce Robinson — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 14:00:00 +0100

Much of the social upheaval of the 1960s can be traced back to four men at Harvard University at the beginning of the decade, contends journalist Don Lattin. His new book, The Harvard Psychedelic Club, does exactly that.

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Bruce Robinson — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:00:00 +0100

Written almost a quarter century ago, Occidental writer Chester Aaron’s novelized account of the Warsaw uprising during World War II is enjoying a second wave of recognition.

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Contagious Love Experiment

Bruce Robinson — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:00:00 +0100

Two Iraq war veterans turned peace activists are winding down their cross-country bicycle tour with a visit in Santa Rosa today, one of the last stops in what they’ve dubbed their “Contagious Love Experiment.”