Author: catnip

Many of you know that I’m a Buddhist, although I haven’t formally attached myself to any particular sect. One of the people I most admire on this planet is His Holiness the Dalai Lama. He has led an amazing life and...

It’s my birthday. I’m 46. I’m hosting the first birthday party I’ve held in many years on Saturday because I realized a few weeks ago that I don’t care how old I am anymore. I’ve got lots of...

There is an extremely dangerous divide in the United States. If you haven’t been paying attention to the recent poll numbers regarding the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and the mishandling of the rescue and relief efforts...

If you’ve been involved in Wikipedia’s Hurricane Katrina PeopleFinder data entry project, which is aimed at compiling names of the missing and found from as many online sites as possible, please note that after some...

After tuning into CNN’s Paula Zahn Show this evening, I zipped off an e-mail because she, almost joyously, announced that she would soon have reports about “the blame game” going on over Hurricane Katrina. The...