Rich Man, Poor Man

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Why should the obscenely rich scale back so they’re just extremely rich?

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Mrs. Antihero

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We love to watch bad guys on TV. Why do we love to hate their wives almost as much?

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The Importance of Listening in the Fight for Justice

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What is the first step you can take in being an ally for justice and equality? Listen.

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Is Cooking a Moral Act?

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Jeremy John on why men should consider taking responsibility for the cooking necessary: for health, hospitality, and justice.

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Line In The Sand

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Joel Ferris remembers the moment when he saw his dad in a new light, and decided to replace religion with ethics.

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My Dinner with Fellow Bomb Victim Survivors

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Lisa Hickey, at a dinner for victims injured in the Boston Marathon bombings, realized once again the importance of the stories we tell.

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A Person Is Not a Closet

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Did Jason Collins use his former fiancee, Carolyn Moos?

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My Version of Our Story

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The moment that we engage with others, we become characters in their story, says writer Alyssa Royse.

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Why Not Aim for Greatness?

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We don’t aim for greatness and making a difference because we are too busy acting out our conditioning. Why not aim for more?

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The Psychic and the Drunk

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In the age of Facebook, a casually told tale can live forever. What are the implications of speaking ill of the living?

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Who Is Greater?

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What makes someone like Dzhokhar Tsarnaev vulnerable to radicalization? A Muslim American parent of two young men asks a question that strikes close to home.

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The True Believer

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How do two guys come to believe, with absolute certainty, that murder is a moral necessity?

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Who Am I? Exploring Male Archetypes

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Explore different ways of being a man by relating to classic icons, no two of them alike.

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The Aftermath: What I Learned from the Boston Bombings

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Lisa Hickey was changed by the bombings, in unexpected ways. Here, she shares how.

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Our Dangerous Wish to Simplify the Atrocious

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We have a natural wish to make sense of the unfathomable, but the unfathomable isn’t anything we can understand.

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Teaching Peace – For Martin

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Peace is daunting and dangerous. But Julie Gillis insists that it has to be taught.

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