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?”
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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”
Bro World Cheers Their Once and Future King
Volume 57. November 10, 2024 Trump supporters are in hog heaven. Kinder and gentler is out. Ruder and cruder is in. Women are out. Men are in. Like James Brown, the godfather of soul, once sang, “This is a man’s world.” Ever since the dawn of the Iron Age, ever since about 3500 BCE, everContinue reading “Bro World Cheers Their Once and Future King”
Election 2024
Volume 56. October 28, 2024 Perhaps the legendary American singer and songwriter Bob Dylan was thinking of Donald Trump when he sang sardonically, “Patriotism is the last refuge to which a scoundrel clings.” After three consecutive presidential elections, most Americans like Bob Dylan know the score on that dishonest, anti-democratic demagogue and 34-time convicted felonContinue reading “Election 2024”
Happy Fourth of July Buddha-style
Volume 53. July 4, 2024 Happy birthday, America! It’s time to celebrate. Founding Father John Adams thought Independence Day should be celebrated “with Pomp and Parade, with Shows, Games, Sports, Bells, Bonfires and Illuminations from one End of this Continent to the other.” He didn’t mention music, but that hasn’t stopped songwriters. Even classic rockContinue reading “Happy Fourth of July Buddha-style”
A Poignant Moment
Volume 51. May 15, 2024 My friends, we have reached a poignant moment. This moment marks the end of the Buddhist Studies Certificate Program at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee at Waukesha. What started in India in 500 BC, what spread across Asia for millennia, what ended in Tibet in 1959, will continue after we are gone.Continue reading “A Poignant Moment”
The Buddha Times 