by Michael Lerner | Feb 9, 2017 | Uncategorized
Dear New School Friends, This time in America poses many challenges for the Commonweal community and for each of us. The first challenge is how we live through this time personally. The second challenge is how we respond to it in our work. And the third challenge is...
by Michael Lerner | Dec 15, 2016 | Uncategorized
Writer and speaker Sumbul Ali-Karamali in conversation with TNS Host Irwin Keller Dear New School Friends: Take care of your health — and the health of those you love. Not only is it the flu season — but stress lowers immune resistance. Many find this time...
by Michael Lerner | Aug 11, 2016 | Uncategorized
Most commentary on the American presidential election focuses on the qualities of the candidates and recent events in American political history. Pulling back the lens offers a more expansive view. Hegemonic powers have risen and fallen throughout human history. The...
by Michael Lerner | Apr 18, 2016 | Uncategorized
I have been studying the Enneagram. Enneagram is an archetypal psychology – “a model of personality which is principally understood and taught as a typology of nine interconnected personality types,” Wikipedia tells us. Enneagram provides those drawn to it with a tool...
by Michael Lerner | Mar 3, 2016 | Uncategorized
As a general rule, we don’t cover politics at The New School. That said, we appear to be at a turning point in political discourse both in the United States and in Europe. The approach I take here is not a partisan one, but rather a reflection on how we balance...
