Michael Lerner

Religious progressives, the next generation

2006-02-05 00:00:00

WITH THE PASSING of Coretta Scott King comes a hard question: What new vision will stir religious progressives? The revolutionary potential of religious ideas was certainly evident in the civil rights movement. Martin Luther King Jr.'s vision —...

'Two Unrelated Plays by David Mamet'

2008-05-20 00:00:00

When you've been crowned the heavyweight playwriting champion of trash-talking masculinity, it can be hard to get anyone to acknowledge that you're good for more than just verbal uppercuts. David Mamet's talent has always been more diverse than his...

Sticks and Stones

2002-02-03 00:00:00

Six years ago, Robert S. Boynton in the Atlantic Monthly nominated a group of new black intellectuals whom he hailed for going beyond race to look at the "commonality of American concern." Yet if race were placed in the background of their work, none of...

Rabbi Michael Lerner: Fairness for both sides key to Middle East peace

2011-05-24 11:20:00

President Barack Obama is reported to have said to his advisors last week that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would never make the concessions necessary for a peace accord. Well, we in the peace movement say, "duhhh." If the president really...

Will Wrigley Building turn high-end condo?

2005-06-19 00:00:00

Chicago business icon Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co., whose renowned namesake building is an architectural gem, is studying its long-term real estate needs, including a move from its historic headquarters building, the Chicago Tribune has learned. If the company...

Lily Collins with actor Michael Lerner.

2012-03-28 00:00:00

Lily Collins with actor Michael Lerner.

2012-03-28 00:00:00

'Poster Boy' Away at college and reveling in his sexual liberty, the gay son of a conservative U.S. senator becomes potential fodder for a gay activist. With Karen Allen, Michael Lerner, Matt Newton, Jack Noseworthy, Valerie Geffner, Ian Reed Kesler and Austin Lysy.

2006-08-10 12:15:07