Peggy Drexler: With a life-long interest in political leadership, I thought I had seen it all: from selfless and inspiring to venal and creepy -- and all points in between. But I was simply unprepared for Christine O'Donnell, the Tea Party-backed candidate running for a Delaware U.S. Senate seat. If we face the facts, we know that she was plucked from the side-show division of political obscurity because of her looks. Not that there's anything wrong with that. Or unusual. And even if she is a witch, she's a cute one. Today, with enough financial backing and some positions just to the right of crazy -- that might be enough. Click here to read more.
Barack Obama has been a tremendous leader and an inspiration to us all. Young people will always have his back, because he have shown them that they are not only our future, but also they are our present.
In the spirit of David Letterman, here are my Top Ten Favorite Alec Baldwin Performances, as a thank you for the congratulations on my Emmy win.
Asking others to define Israelis by our Jewishness will not make us more Jewish or more secure. It will not give us more legitimacy. Only we can decide who we are as a people.
The nation in modernity no longer needs war to clear our pathways for collective meaning and national transcendence. Chile's miners offer an alternative ritual venue -- and an alternative take on nationalism and sacred identity.
I know that many parents find it difficult to discuss sexuality with their teens, but discussion is crucial if we want our teens to develop good self-esteem, embrace their own differences, and accept what is different in others.
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