Parker Palmer is a writer and educator who's spent a lot of time thinking about the question, "What makes life worth living?"
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Iraq war veteran John McCary offers his essay called "The Fallen," part of the National Endowment for the Arts project, Operation Homecoming.
Neuroscientist Richard Davidson is a leading expert on the science of mindfulness. He's teamed up with the Dalai Lama to put Buddhist monks in brain scanners, and he's developing a new scientific model for studying emotion. In this EXTENDED interview, he talks about how his scientific work ended up changing his own life.
Micah Sifry tells Jim Fleming how the United States became largely a two party state, and what benefits a third party can provide.
Creationist Paul Nelson, a fellow at the Discovery Institute, makes the case for his point of view.
Odessa Piper is the chef and proprietor of L’Etoile Restaurant in Madison, Wisconsin and a champion of cuisine prepared from locally available food.
Novelist Jeanne Ray is a serious fan of good cake. Her latest novel is called “Eat Cake.”
Mohamed Nasheed is on a mission to save his country. The Maldives is one of the nations most vulnerable to the effects of climate change; some models predict that the Maldives could be underwater in a few decades.
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