by Michael Lerner | Nov 6, 2015 | Uncategorized
Below you will find an important announcement from Rachel Naomi Remen, MD, Director of the Institute for the Study of Health and Illness at Commonweal. We celebrate ISHI’s new partnership with Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine in Dayton, Ohio....
by Michael Lerner | Sep 28, 2015 | Uncategorized
People see Pope Francis in different ways. For those concerned with climate change, the environment, poverty and justice, he is an astonishing moral force. For those concerned with gay marriage, abortion rights, making women priests, and child-abuse, he is a...
by Michael Lerner | Aug 31, 2015 | Learning, Uncategorized
Dear New School Friends, Often I write to you about things that interest me — like my last post on whether beauty will save the world. I rarely write to you about New School conversations. But let’s look at seven recent TNS conversations: Actor and Zen...
by Michael Lerner | Aug 5, 2015 | Uncategorized
I was writing you a despairing note about the state of the world when I decided to offset the gloom by quoting Dostoevsky’s beautiful line: “Beauty will save the world.” I Googled the quote to be sure I got it right and found this elegant post: Ravi Bhoraskar,...
by Michael Lerner | Jul 1, 2015 | Learning, Uncategorized
I’ve been looking back on eight years of The New School. When we started in 2007, I thought we’d mostly tape phone conversations. Then it turned out that people liked to hear the conversations live. At first a dozen or so people would turn up. Over eight...
