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  • Serial art biography immortalizes social justice lawyer Leonard Weinglass

    Leonard Weinglass stands in the grand tradition of the legendary 20th century lawyers who themselves joined social justice movements and helped the popular forces to move history forward — including Clarence Darrow, Constance Baker Motley, Thurgood Marshall, Bill Kunstler, Florynce… Continue reading

  • When critical thinking challenges reality

    The biggest problem with those who begin coordinating rigged facts into weak–and very often invalid–arguments is that they have given up critique for criticism and argument for arguing. Continue reading

  • Dyadic not dualistic

    It’s difficult to break out of the Western habitude of dualism. But it is especially important to make the effort when thinking of the Chinese notion of Yin Yang. Rather than another form of dualism in the history of philosophy, it… Continue reading

    Dyadic not dualistic
  • Prayer and Thinking

    We began with me sharing some ideas about the connection between prayer and thinking. We discussed Poem 27 of the Dào Dé Jing along with some forays into Poem 1. Continue reading

    Prayer and Thinking
  • Reverence Ritual Worship Worldview

    For this class, we took a step back to explore a few concepts before we move from India to China. Continue reading

    Reverence Ritual Worship Worldview
  • Ora et Labora

    When life itself seemed to fall outside the core attention of his labors, he would go watch the grass and flowers, birds and critters in their communal dance. Continue reading

    Ora et Labora
  • Anthropotechnics: An Interview with Peter Sloterdijk

    Modern and postmodern humans not only live in the “house of Being” (as Heidegger called language), but increasingly in the abode of the technosphere. Continue reading

  • Overcoming Duopoly

    We need communities of solidarity to elect leaders at all levels that can work toward a constitutional amendment to change how elections are run and districts are drawn. This will create the conditions for debilitating winner-take-all and for demonstrating the… Continue reading

  • can we move on and keep faith?

    We have to keep in mind how being careful can evolve our thinking and how carelessness  can devolve it. Committing ourselves to a course rarely happens as a straight line. This is unfortunate,  primarily because folks get discouraged. But we have… Continue reading