Month: April 2016

The Fifth Remembrance

For those unfamiliar with Buddhism, many of you still may have heard of the four noble truths. And likely many of you have heard of the eightfold path, which is itself, the fourth noble truth. These are the fundamental...

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Elizabeth Warren Gets Vituperative

Not that I think it will really help, but I’m grateful to Sen. Elizabeth Warren for tearing into her Republican colleagues in the pages of the Boston Globe. Her conclusion is excellent: For seven years, through artificial...

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Want a Revolution? Join a Party

Here in Pennsylvania, you cannot participate in the primaries unless you are registered as either a Democrat or Republican, and this provides an incentive for people to ‘join’ a party even if they’d really...

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If Not Trump, Then What?

In light of Martin’s Trump-Cruz article today, following are my thoughts on the Republican convention. Unless Trump shows up with 1237 delegates, we’ll witness the first truly open floor fight in more than 40 years....

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