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- Why We Name Our Children as We do.
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Category Archives: Politics
The Plight of Native Americans in a White America
The White Man’s misdeeds in America towards its indigenous peoples are incalculable in number and cruelty. I was reminded of this last week when Karen and I visited the Grand Canyon and learned from the Visitor Center that Yavapai and … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, Politics, Reflections
Tagged Native Americans, Sioux, Sitting Bull, Standing Rock Protests, Wounded Knee massacre
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NFL Hypocrisy
The media has been all over this story of Sunday’s NFL response to Trump’s provocative tweet that NFL team owners should fire players who don’t stand proud when the national anthem is played: “Wouldn’t you love to see one of … Continue reading
Posted in People, Politics, Reflections
Tagged Koepernick, National Anthem, NFL, NFLprotests, Trump
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The Left’s War on Free Speech
But what was strange was that although Goldstein was hated and despised by everybody, although every day and a thousand times a day, on platforms, on the telescreen, in newspapers, in books, his theories were refuted, smashed, ridiculed, held up … Continue reading
Perhaps Someday We Will Learn How to Live
Every morning I awaken to a country bristling with hate, intolerance, and violence. Trump bullied his way to the presidency, exploiting public anxieties, e. g., steel belt resentment of jobs sent abroad, latent fears of a changing demographic replacing White … Continue reading
Posted in Lifestyle, Politics
Tagged hate, Islamaphobia, Muslims, Southern Poverty Law Center, Trump
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Tibet’s Tragedy: A Culture Teetering into Oblivion
The horror began with the Chinese invasion of Tibet in 1949. In the decades since, Chinese oppression has continued relentlessly, with several hundred thousand Tibetans having been executed, tortured or imprisoned. Commenting after her recent release, one survivor informs us … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, Reflections
Tagged Amnesty International, Buddhism, Dalai Llama, Larung Gar, Lhasa, Stephen Batchelor, Tibet, Tibetan Buddhism
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Does the Electoral College Have a Future?
The Electoral College has been in the news a lot lately. And why not, considering that the loser in the 2016 election garnered nearly 3 million more votes than the declared winner. In fact, Hillary Clinton’s popular vote turns out … Continue reading
Posted in Politics
Tagged Alexander Hamilton, Amendment 12, electoral College, Founding Fathers, the Constitution
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Apple vs. the FBI: How Money May Decide the Issue
Things are really heating up these days in the ongoing dispute between Apple and the FBI. In December, fourteen people were killed by ISIL sympathizers Farook Malik and his wife Taskeen, in San Bernardino, CA. In the aftermath, the … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, Reflections, Technology
Tagged Apple, Bernie Sanders, Congress, contributions to members of Congress, FBI, ISIL, ISIS, mass shootings, pacs, San Bernardino, terrorism, Tim Cook
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Cultivating Stillness
I am full of early morning, tucked beneath my comforter, stretching my legs, my brain filling its daily bucket of anxieties sufficient for another day’s wrestlings. These several days I’ve laid siege to my citadel of habit, rising in winter’s … Continue reading
Paris Bombings, Public Response, and the New Tribalism
Evil is very real and as we know from the Paris mayhem, universal. ISIS, of course, is its mirror image. This week, Kurdish Peshmerga troops, retaking the city of Sinjar in northern Iraq, discovered two mass graves just outside the … Continue reading
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Tagged Iraq, Kurds, media, Muslim, Paris bombings, Sinjar, Yadzidis
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The Elephant Factor in Last Night’s Debate
Growing older may not be a disease, but like many diseases, it’s progressive. Not only do we diminish in physical capacity, but in mental acuteness as well, resulting in a lower threshold in processing information. Aging needn’t be feared per … Continue reading
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