Held in solitary confinement for months for publishing an educational newsletter for inmates, I eventually had the guilty findings overturned, but not before much suffering.
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What To Do, What To Do: The Crime of Sexual Assault
Our societal barometer is broken.
Read More »Kosen Rufu – Propagation of World Peace
Nichiren is a form of Japanese Buddhism that emphasizes repeated recitation of the mantra nam myoho renge kyo for health, happiness and enlightenment.
Read More »Doubt This, Not That: Are You Being Spiritually Seduced?
A healthy dose of (productive) doubt can be an enriching and favorable state of mind, leading you to consult your own inner wisdom and question events around you.
Read More »Reverse Culture Shock: Customer Service in the U.S. is Ridiculous
If you want my business, try the novel idea of actually conducting one.
Read More »What Are You Writing?
Writers are worker ants, always labouring, often without pay, for the good of the nest: the planet we all share. All writing is political.
Read More »Climate Change: A Disaster Movie in Slow Motion
Climate change is unfolding like a disaster movie in slow motion.
Read More »White Youth Corps Against Bigotry
There need to be regiments of young white people coalescing into squadrons of anti-racism reformers to modernize and re-educate white racists.
Read More »Challenging Our Set Ways of Thinking by Meeting Others in a “Third Place”
Research has shown us time and again that potent creative ideas result from encountering different points of view, perspectives and disciplines.
Read More »CD Review: ‘Smith Tapes: I’m Not The Beatles: John & Yoko Interviews 1969-1972’
Five unedited interviews on eight discs; a goldmine for Beatles and John Lennon fans.
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