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This may be cheating in a sense since this is not a named open thread. This, to me, is an…
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Just as the Bush regime's enthusiasm for imperial power represents a throwing over of the principles of democracy in favor…
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Chogyam Trungpa was a wonderful Tibetan Buddhist whose book entitled "Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism" is, to my mind, a seminal…
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Yes! The silence of the US corporate media is truly deafening. Their failure to perform the service to the public…
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Just in case anyone missed it, US seizes Guardian journalist in Iraq. Article here.
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If there were such an entity as the anti-christ embedded in our political arena, I suspect it might be Lindsay…
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Talking about that box of political buttons, this button is my favorite Christmas present from this last season.
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"wonderful" is a pretty comprehensive and universal term of praise and appreciation all by itself. Perhaps the rest of the…
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I don't believe happiness and peace are mutually inclusive. Very often peace is unattainable for us if we are insistent…
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For me also. The Razor's Edge is in many ways the same story. One of my most favorite films of…
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Separately, "peace" for me is also muting the sound on (first) the voice of Ken Mehlman and then Kate O'bierne…
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Roaming a bit far afield on this topic, I want to say that there are 3 books I've read that…
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This may sound counterintuitive, but I find that as is so often the case with spirituality, discontent, a recognition that…
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Via Atrios, and via BTC news, an excellent Knight Ridder piece about Bush and his "signing statements".
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Brain freeze; forgot to paste the link to Rich's article here.
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These millionaire media mannequins in DC never like to be upstaged or outpointed by their guests. They're so busy preening…
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Frank Rich's excellent op-ed is available to all through [truthout here] also. (Usually he's behind the stupid "TimesSelect" subscription wall…
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Perhaps "self-preservation" might be a more compelling reason than "politeness" to not make said specific case openly.
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I was replying to rba but your comments resonate also. Sadly, I recognize that despite the aversion to war that…
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Your point about Charlie Rangel's bill is well taken. Not only would such a system likely facilitate a reduction in…
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