Volume 68. October 8, 2025 Halloween is just around the corner. ’Tis the season of goblins, ghouls and hell on earth. Cometh October, cometh the nightmare. Unfortunately, our bad dream started in September. Take a look at a few examples. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth convened a rare assembly of the military’s top brass to impartContinue reading “Wake Up From The Nightmare”
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Call Out The National Guard?
Volume 67. September 1, 2025 Lo, the Buddha peered into the Gem of Suchness and saw … National Guard soldiers, toting firearms and billy clubs, looking for trouble, menacingly prowling the streets of Washington D.C. What is their job? Why are they here? No one really knows. There’s no rampant crime. There is no widespreadContinue reading “Call Out The National Guard?”
After The Darkness Comes The Light
Volume 66. August 4, 2025 On July 22, 2025, the Prince of Darkness departed our world. Alas, Ozzy Osbourne, lead singer of Black Sabbath, sings no more. After an iconic career and a triumphant final performance in his hometown of Birmingham, England, Ozzy left behind six children, a grieving widow and legions of fans worldwide.Continue reading “After The Darkness Comes The Light”
Summertime is Family Time
Volume 65. July 6, 2025 Summer is the perfect time for family get-togethers. Cooking outdoors, eating ice cream and engaging in enjoyable conversation are satisfying family bonding experiences. For the deep thinkers among us, however, there always seems to be a niggling question: Who exactly is my family? Jesus had a insightful answer. The storyContinue reading “Summertime is Family Time”
Everyday People and the True Dharma Eye
Volume 64. June 13, 2025 Sing it with me: “Ooh, sha-sha. We got to live together!” Sly and the Family Stone enjoyed a chart-topping single (“Everyday People”) in 1969 that proclaimed a musical vision of human equality. The song’s verses mocked the futility of people hating each other for being tall, short, rich, poor, fat,Continue reading “Everyday People and the True Dharma Eye”
Connect with Spring
Volume 63. May 15, 2025 American modernist poet E. E. Cummings once asked: O sweet spontaneous Earth, how often have the doting fingers of prurient philosophers pinched and poked thee? How often has the naughty thumb of science prodded thy beauty? How often have religions taken thee upon their scraggy knees squeezing and buffeting theeContinue reading “Connect with Spring”
Where Has All Our Humanity Gone?
Volume 62. April 12, 2025 In the 1955, folk singer Pete Seeger wrote a song that asked, Where have all the flowers gone? Long time passing. Where have all the flowers gone? Long time ago. Seventy years later, in 2025, the question has become more dire: Where has all our humanity gone? During the lastContinue reading “Where Has All Our Humanity Gone?”
The Buddha on St Patrick’s Day
Volume 61. March 17, 2025 Ever since St Patrick held up a shamrock and explained that God was a Holy Trinity — three aspects of being in one Holy Person — the Irish people have been close to the divine. Perhaps a story may illustrate. Years ago, a young man toured the major cathedrals ofContinue reading “The Buddha on St Patrick’s Day”
Valentine’s Day Blues
Volume 60. February 14, 2025 American rock duo The Everly Brothers once sang: Bye-bye love. Bye-bye happiness. Hello loneliness. I think I’m gonna cry. Bye-bye love. Bye-bye sweet caress. Hello emptiness. I feel like I could die. If you did not receive a Valentine this year, if you felt a twinge of anguish by notContinue reading “Valentine’s Day Blues”
Democratic Power Outage
Volume 59. January 18, 2025 American scholar Joseph Campbell once wrote, “Politics is the art of gaining power over men.” Elbowed out of office, Democrats are feeling pretty low these days. As Republicans gleefully assume control over the three branches of federal government (legislative, judicial, executive), and as Donald Trump gleefully resumes his three ringContinue reading “Democratic Power Outage”
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