Ending the Pursuit of Happiness: A Zen Guide to Ending the Pursuit of Happiness
Deep Dish (Free subscription) | yesterday
Yes, it's true. I did my very first audio interview last Friday with the fabulous Charlotte Robinson, an Emmy Award-winning TV producer/director who currently hosts OUTTAKE VOICES , an innovative series that provides intimate interviews with LGBT leaders and their allies. I've always considered myself more of an "ally" than a "leader" in the gay community, but as Charlotte says,...
Dave Chandler (Free subscription) | yesterday
Local Colorado uber-conservative commentator, John Andrews, apparently doesn't care much for the philosophy articulated in the Declaration of Independence. In yesterday's Sunday Denver Post, Andrews wrote in a column entitled "Celebrate a mindful Thanksgiving" this paragraph:"I was not born free,"...
Conservative Compendium (Free subscription) | yesterday
Government regulators often work at the behest of business cartels that desire to limit competition. The result is silly rules like this: Joe Grondin has been a barber for more than 30 years. But there are some questions that, until very recently, he had never really pondered. For example: “At what point on a man’s sideburn [...] No related posts.
Progressive Alaska (Free subscription) | yesterday
Here's the scoop : Nashville Tennessee, February 4, 5 & 6, 2010. Palin's keynote will be at 8:45 a.m. on the 5th. Her topic is rumored to be the 9 principles and 12 values of the 9/12 Project : The 9 principles are: 1. America is good 2. I believe in God and He is the center of my life 3. I must always try to be a more honest person than I was yesterday 4. The family is sacred. My spouse and I...
NewPages Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
Eudaimonia Poetry Review is new on the web and well put-together by John Boyle, chapbook editor; Elaine Burnet, art editor; Kris Clements, reviews editor; Scott Forence, production design; Allison McEntire, poetry editor.Publishing poetry and reviews of both new and classic works of poetry, the first issue includes works by Bob Mohrbacher, Liz Garcia, William Doreski, Derek Phillips, Kimberly
Dialogic (Free subscription) | yesterday
(Courtesy of Brian Holmes, on Continental Drift , reporting on the continuing University of California Protests ) Excerpt from the The Necrosocial In the university we prostrate ourselves before a value of separation, which in reality translates to a value of domination. We spend money and energy trying to convince ourselves we’re brighter than everyone else. Somehow, we think, we possess some...
The WyBlog (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
Never in my life have I been more pessimistic about the future of this great nation as I am today. The fall of the American Republic began in earnest last night when 60 Senators opted to nationalize one sixth of our economy. Oh sure, they're going to go through the charade of a "debate" but this was the key vote; all that's needed now are 51 votes for the final bill and Barry and Harry and...
American Thinker (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
Speaking truth to power -- or not.
Bearing Drift (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
Never thought a Republican primary would turn on who supports Obamacare, but that’s the way it’s going for the 8th Senate district race between Rosemary Wilson and Jeff McWater$. “Wilson accused McWaters of favoring mandated health insurance for all Americans, a charge he did not deny. A Wilson mailer distributed on breakfast tables Saturday pictured McWaters next to President Barack...
BlogNetNews.com/Iowa (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Our Declaration of Independence states simply yet powerfully: “that all men are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights; that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” To my knowledge, no other nation on this planet uses these words as the foundation [...]
Joanne Jacobs (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
The Pledge of Allegiance is un-American, argues Michael Lind on Salon. In a republic, the people should not pledge allegiance to the government; the government should pledge allegiance to the people. “We owe each other an obligation to obey the rules that we, directly or through elected representatives, have mutually agreed on,” Lind writes. Our “appropriate expression [...]
Waggish (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Childhood, says the Children's Encyclopaedia, is a time of innocent joy, to be spent in the meadows amid buttercups and bunny-rabbits or at the hearthside absorbed in a storybook. It is a vision of childhood utterly alien to him. Nothing he experiences in Worcester, at home or at school, leads him to think that childhood is anything but a time of gritting the teeth and enduring. J.M. Coetzee, Boyhood...
Hands On Disaster Response (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
If you’ve volunteered with us or donated to a HODR project, you know first hand what the film “Happiness Is” is talking about. Giving of your time or money helps others in direct and tangible ways, and it just plain feels good to get involved. “Happiness Is,” a new film by Andrew Shapter, is about [...]
The Modern Left (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Study: Uninsured Trauma Victims Face Sky-High Death Rate I stand in shock and awe. In 1986....Congress passed the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act. It mandated that hospitals and ambulance services provide care to anyone who needs emergency treatment, regardless of citizenship, legal status or ability to pay. Somebody must have been wearing their pink sunglasses that day. Such anecdotal...
Mickey's Musings (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
State Representative Al McAffrey announced his opposition to proposed legislation that would exempt Oklahoma from the provisions of the Matthew Shepard Act passed into law earlier this year. Oklahoma City - Today, Oklahoma State Representative Al McAffrey (D-OKC) announced his strong opposition to State Senator Steve Russell's (R-Del City) plans to introduce a bill exempting Oklahoma from
Videos