What Does It Mean to Be Human? Reverence for Life Reaffirmed by Responses from Around the World Maxime Pilon and other obstructions to productivity

and other obstructions to productivity and creative expression

on Christmas Eve

It is the General Staff who influence the performance of the Army

defiance is met with death

selected by award-winning writer Alexander Chee

What Does It Mean to Be Human? Reverence for Life Reaffirmed by Responses from Around the World Maxime Pilon and other obstructions to productivityIn an inspirational act of faith and hope, nearly one hundred contributorssocial activists, thinkers, artists, and spiritual leadersreflect with poignant candor on our shared human condition and attempt to define a core set of human values in our rapidly changing society. Contributors include The Dalai Lama, Wilma Mankiller, Oscar Arias, Jimmy Carter, Cornel West, Jack Miles, Mother Teresa, Nancy Willard, Elie Wiesel, James Earl Jones, Joan