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“Basically You Work”
Many years ago a Soviet cosmonaut, Yuri Romanenko, expressed the American ‘work ethic’ when he was asked about the beauty of the earth from space. He said, “Basically you work.” “You realize that you...
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Dispelling Darkness Within, Confronting Evil Without
A conversation with a Buddhist teacher from India turned to the Buddha’s illumination. “The Buddha,” he said, “was attacked by Mara, but the Buddha came to see that the evil was within him.” Is that...
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A Strange Gift
In the early 1980’s, after 15 years of intensive philosophical inquiry into the question of how human disorder could evolve out of the natural order, I had a shattering experience, which answered the...
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B-52 Breakthrough
In the early 1980’s, after 15 years of intensive philosophical inquiry into the question of how human disorder could evolve out of the natural order, I had a shattering experience that answered the...
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Human Vision and Creativeness
Finally, a mainstream columnist has written the truth about the invasion of Iraq. Nobel Laureate economist Paul Krugman’s recent piece, “Errors and Lies,” gives an honest and accurate portrayal of how...
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The Atomic Bombings and America’s Soul
It is the lie that began the long decline to America’s loss of its soul. The people were fed, and still swallow, the propaganda that began 70 years ago, after Hiroshima and Nagasaki were leveled. As...
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What Need of Churches
What need of churches when there of fields of orange poppies, and foothills framed by cumulus scudding across the sky? This isn’t a throwback to some druid-like philosophy, though the druids understood...
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“Basically You Work”
Many years ago a Soviet cosmonaut, Yuri Romanenko, expressed the American ‘work ethic’ when he was asked about the beauty of the earth from space. He said, “Basically you work.” “You realize that you...
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Dispelling Darkness Within, Confronting Evil Without
A conversation with a Buddhist teacher from India turned to the Buddha’s illumination. “The Buddha,” he said, “was attacked by Mara, but the Buddha came to see that the evil was within him.” Is that...
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A Strange Gift
In the early 1980’s, after 15 years of intensive philosophical inquiry into the question of how human disorder could evolve out of the natural order, I had a shattering experience, which answered the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
B-52 Breakthrough
In the early 1980’s, after 15 years of intensive philosophical inquiry into the question of how human disorder could evolve out of the natural order, I had a shattering experience that answered the...
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Human Vision and Creativeness
Finally, a mainstream columnist has written the truth about the invasion of Iraq. Nobel Laureate economist Paul Krugman’s recent piece, “Errors and Lies,” gives an honest and accurate portrayal of how...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Atomic Bombings and America’s Soul
It is the lie that began the long decline to America’s loss of its soul. The people were fed, and still swallow, the propaganda that began 70 years ago, after Hiroshima and Nagasaki were leveled. As...
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What Need of Churches
What need of churches when there of fields of orange poppies, and foothills framed by cumulus scudding across the sky? This isn’t a throwback to some druid-like philosophy, though the druids understood...
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Eventually Never Comes
Reflecting on the unlikely concatenation that produced the Russian Revolution, Simon Sebag Montefiore says, “Without the Russian Revolution of 1917…the tournaments of power would likely have been just...
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The Eastern Graft and the Western Mind
Many Americans these days believe they have absorbed Eastern wisdom and are all but enlightened. But the Eastern graft onto the Western mind has been superficial and unfruitful. To be sure, the soil in...
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Do Stories Convey Or Create Meaning?
Being of Irish extraction, despite my surname, I have a weakness for stories. I say weakness because stories have their place – just not first place. What is a story? A story is a coherent portrayal of...
View ArticleCosta Rica’s New Visa Rules: A Deep Dive into Restrictive Measures for 21...
Growing List of Restricted Visas in 2023 As of March 2023, Costa Rica has enforced restricted visa requirements for nationals from six more countries, bringing the total number of countries on this...
View ArticleCosta Rica’s Lottery Luck: A Quirky Twist in the CONCACAF Women’s Gold Cup...
Costa Rica’s journey to the quarter-finals of the CONCACAF Women’s Gold Cup took a turn for the surreal. Picture this: after a series of matches as unpredictable as a soap opera storyline, Costa Rica...
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