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Commentary on life, society, national & international issues, and spirituality.
Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Oliver: And Bob Dylan, Too.
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C.G. Jung: “The life that I could still live, I should live, and the thoughts that I could still think, I should think.” Bob Dylan: ...
Thursday, March 7, 2013
Global Warming Fastest Since Dawn of Civilization
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The evidence just keeps growing, stronger and stronger. Global warming is real, and worse than we thought. So, when will we accept that the ...
Monday, February 25, 2013
Bitter Pill: Why Medical Bills Are Killing Us
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More and more, reliable sources have reported that, we do not have the best healthcare system in the world; it is near twice as expensi...
Friday, February 22, 2013
Rolling Stone: Bankers Too Big to Jail
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In the same way that regulators , central banks and prosecutors often treat major international banks as too big to fail, banking executive...
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Poetry Everywhere: "Yesterday" by W.S. Merwin
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A very personal, poignant and honest poem about the uncomfortable relationship with his aging father, one some of us can relate to. And ...
Saturday, February 9, 2013
The Nordic Economic Revival: Reinventing Market Capitalism with Nordic Characteristics
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Sweden and the Nordic countries were long reviled by American conservatives as places where “socialism” (government social programs) had g...
Thursday, February 7, 2013
PIMCO / Investment Outlook: Credit Supernova
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PIMCO is one of the most credible, respected and successful investment firms in the world. And Wm. Gross is one of the principal thinkers ...
Thursday, January 31, 2013
Oliver & Emerson: Red Bird, Rhodora & More
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Every now and then I’m struck by the commonalities of interest, philosophy, temperament and style found in poets separated by centuries. Pe...
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
N.R.A. Defends Right to Own Politicians : The New Yorker
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Andy Borowitz ("The Borowitz Report" in the New Yorker ) is always so right on message, and satire is his medium, his natural gif...
Give All to Love? Each and All?
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Love, in all its manifestations and meanings, with all its misdirections, misunderstandings and implications, I embrace. A subject I have a...
Thursday, January 24, 2013
Pakistan: Another Military Coup? | The Economist
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From The Economist : IN MOST countries the sight of 50,000 devout Sufis riding into the capital in brightly coloured buses and lorri...
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