Real Estate: The Sharks Are Back Working Inside Deals With Banks
Even so the George W Bush’s Great Recession had many factors at play such as the trillion spent for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the trigger effect was the burst of the US housing market bubble. From 2002 to 2007 the banks played an active role in inflating the prices and in some area […]
Zen And The Art Of Planetary Maintenance
When I was first exposed to real Zen practice I was initially struck, and eventually awed at the deep ecological wisdom that is central to life within a Zen monastic community. Not merely taught, but lived. The supposedly simple act of taking a meal is done in a way that grounds the practitioner in awareness […]
Why The Right Needs Religion
Religion is nothing more than the sugar and spice that the conservatives have latched onto in order to sell an otherwise completely unpalatable, one dish, menu. They’ve found something to fill the void in their platform, religion, America’s soft spot, and they are exploiting it.
Tea Party Shows Its True ‘Coloreds’
The letter speaks for itself, including innuendos of ‘colored’ people’s laziness and entitlement, and the mention of an ‘Uncle Tom’ related to Mr. Jealous. This is the Party of Rand Paul, Sarah Palin, and Sharron angle. This is the ‘movement embraced by the Republican Party that they herald as the voice of ‘real Americans.’ If this letter is an example of the America they envision, let them know that you’ve seen their true ‘coloreds’, and that real Americans will not tolerate their ignorance, hatred and bias.
Et Tu, Quoque? How We Backstab Ourselves
I suspect we are all familiar with the argument that if someones behaviour does not seem consistent with their message, the message is obviously false. The argument is totally wrong, but it needs to be taken very seriously because the fact that it is wrong turns out not too matter in the slightest. First why […]
