Tuesday's Daily Brief: Are You Living Your Eulogy Or Your Résumé?; Iran UN Meeting Signals 'New Era' On Nuclear Impasse

Arianna Huffington: Are You Living Your Eulogy or Your Résumé?

Arianna Huffington: Are You Living Your Eulogy or Your Résumé?

"The tragedy and the pain that brings us here today is extraordinary," President Obama said Sunday, eulogizing the 12 men and women killed in the Washington Navy Yard shooting. "It is unique. The lives that were taken from us were unique. The memories their loved ones carry are unique, and they will carry them and endure long after the news cameras are gone." He spoke of what they gave, how they connected, how much they meant to the lives of the people around them, small kindnesses, lifelong passions, and what made them laugh. For most of us, our eulogy will be not just the first formal marking down of what our lives were about but the only one. The eulogy is the foundational document of our legacy, of how people remember us, of how we live on in the minds and hearts of others. So the question is: Why do we spend so much time on what our eulogy is not going to be?

Iran UN Talks: Meeting Signals 'New Era' On Nuclear Impasse

Iran UN Talks: Meeting Signals 'New Era' On Nuclear Impasse

Americans Among Kenya Mall Attackers, Foreign Minister Says

Americans Among Kenya Mall Attackers, Foreign Minister Says

Dean Baker: Obamacare: It's Better Than You Think

There are serious complaints about the inadequacy of Obamacare that will have to be addressed in the years ahead. But none of these problems changes the fact that the ACA is an enormous step forward.

Jess Wilson: Taken for a Ride

I have a daughter on the autism spectrum and a LOT of my fellow autism community members are pretty seriously pissed off at the Disney corporation right now. And they want me to be angry too.

Bryon Champ, Kewane Gatewood Charged In Connection With Chicago Mass Shooting

Obama To Address Iran, Syria In UN Speech

9 Ways To Get The Most Out Of Your Relationship

I'm a spiritual medium; I receive and pass on messages and profound insights from the spirit world to the everyday world, and believe it or not--the dead have a lot of relationship advice for the living.

Desmond Tutu: We Must Save the Children of Syria

The war in Syria should not be viewed in terms of a distant, complex political issue. It is an immediate and very human catastrophe; the biggest one facing the world today. These are our children. And they are dying. Where is the outrage?

Penny Wilson: Are You Going to Be a Specialist? Or Just a GP?

I'm not "just" a GP. I'm a broadly-skilled, sub-specialized, expert GP, providing a damn fine health service to my patients and my community. And I absolutely love it.