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  • The Struggle between Monopoly and Cosmopolitanism

    The Cynics were the first people to recognize that monopolitanism was a dangerous mindset which often leads to parochialism, moralism, xenophobia, narrow mindedness, etc. In its stead, they taught cosmopolitanism, or seeing yourself as belonging to the entirety of the… Continue reading

  • Explanations of religion

    Below my lecture from 13 July 2016. Before I addressed the students, we had more discussion on what we take for granted in the everyday world, and then we shared a few things we take for granted about religion. Our questions… Continue reading

    Explanations of religion

  • Taking things for granted

    Lecture from Sacred Living Traditions. Following a class exercise asking “What is a chair?”,  we had small group discussions on “What is religion?” The basic work was to think through what we take for granted, how we do not ask… Continue reading

    Taking things for granted

  • New Museum in Puebla, Mexico

    The Museum of the International Baroque opens up to great acclaim in a city that was once at the crossroads of world trade. Before the Panama Canal, all trade from Asia came across the Pacific Ocean to a port in… Continue reading

  • What is Phenomenology?

    Wonderful elucidation of the inquiry, What is phenomenology? Continue reading

  • never mine

    Reaching out to the limits of the universe Desire stretches–grasp grasping– for a peppermint or whatever Empires rising and falling all of reality just a sweet little distraction Deathless gesture taking-in-hand yet never mine   Continue reading

    never mine

  • Leaving Conservatism Behind | Dissent Magazine

    For me, separating myself from what I now consider a naive move toward Reaganism happened in the late 1980’s when Iran-Contra allowed me to realize it was all just the same old song-and-dance. My anarcho-cynicism evolved over the course of… Continue reading

  • The High Priests of Capitalism

    Richard D. Wolff takes some time to describe how traditional intellectuals and economic theorists keep the superstructure mostly clear of those who disagree. Highly placed economic theorists usually evaluate the system prevailing in their societies very positively and construct celebratory… Continue reading

    The High Priests of Capitalism

  • #harmonquest

    HarmonQuest Trailer: Dan Harmon and His Pals Get Animated – IGN https://t.co/9O9HDt0aXr — Keith Wayne Brown (@pahndeepah) July 1, 2016 Continue reading

    #harmonquest

  • becoming assimilated

    I am not sure that any society which has had a long history of racism, misogyny, or homophobia–and now transphobia–is really one to which I should be running to assimilate. Continue reading

    becoming assimilated