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June 2014

June 09, 2014

The Shugden Cult, Dalai Lama Protests, Race, and Genocide

Last month, when the Dalai Lama was in Oslo on the 25th anniversary of his...

April 2014

April 17, 2014

Ethnocentric Buddhism continued…

Coming just off the heals of the 20th anniversary of the beginning of the Rwandan...

March 2014

March 10, 2014

The Future of Tibet, a re-post in honor of Tibetan Uprising Day

The Tibetan Center in Kingston, New York, held a discussion last year of the six...

February 2014

February 24, 2014

Thailand’s protests: An Op-Ed by Dr. Dion Peoples

I've been 'aware' of Thailand since I was an intelligence-analyst in the US Air Force,...

December 2013

December 13, 2013

Announcing the Death of the International 969 Movement

As of now: The 969movement website is down. The 969movement twitter account hasn't been updated since Oct 29. The...

December 05, 2013

R.I.P. Nelson Mandela, Bodhisattva

"We pray, I pray also, for the long life of South African leader, Mr Nelson...

September 2013

September 23, 2013

Guns, Race, and the Military: further Buddhist responses to the Navy Yard Shooting

This will most likely be the last I write on this topic. Discussions on my...

September 13, 2013

The hateful rhetoric of the “anti-war” left toward Syria

I should begin with a disclaimer or two. First, I typically am a proud member of...

August 2013

August 19, 2013

The Word ‘Revolution’

In which I meander through four philosophers: Weil, Marx, Kant, and Scruton and, somewhat strangely,...

August 16, 2013

Military steps in to halt Parliamentary discussion and other news from Burma

In how many countries today could members of the military literally walk in to the...

August 15, 2013

We were fighting in Egypt… Leonard Cohen and hope for the future

In 1985, Leonard Cohen sang his newly-written song, "The Night Comes On," for an audience...

August 02, 2013

How Reza Aslan made a book about religion a best-seller and what we can learn from it

As an educator in religious studies I was intrigued by Reza Aslan's book Zealot: the...

July 2013

July 26, 2013

Burma, Imperialism, and the Buddhist-Muslim violence

The Irrawaddy Newspaper reports today that fighting has resumed in northern Shan State between government...

July 15, 2013

I am Trayvon Martin, I am George Zimmerman

As fate would have it, I have been very busy lately, seemingly bombarded with duties,...

June 2013

June 04, 2013

Buddhists for Same Sex Marriage!

(June 5 update: VICTORY! The Peers, as they're called, in the House of Lords voted in...

May 2013

May 07, 2013

More Buddhism in Congress? This time it could be via Republican Mark Sanford.

Today a special election in South Carolina pits former Governor Mark Stanford, better known as...

February 2013

February 10, 2013

Tibet on Fire: a Resource for Activists and Educators

As those of you who read this blog know, I'm a strong supporter of Tibetan...

November 2012

November 30, 2012

Palestine Today – Tibet Tomorrow?

This was the image posted today by the Tsampa Revolution facebook group. That group states...

November 26, 2012

There has been an 82nd, an 83rd, an 84th and an 85th self-immolation inside occupied #Tibet. All today.

Such is the news from Joshua Eaton (website) today. Radio Free Asia states that "The burnings take...

November 23, 2012

Burma Redux: Global Justice and the Quest for Political Reform in Myanmar

Today H-Net posted a review of the book: Burma Redux: Global Justice and the Quest...

November 22, 2012

Obama, Aung San Suu Kyi meet in Burma

President Obama and Secretary of State Clinton were in Burma (Myanmar) recently. This marked the...

November 07, 2012

Montana: Where Nate Silver got it wrong in Election 2012

I almost minored in Political Science in my university days. I was president of my...

September 2011

September 21, 2011

Fact Check: the News is STILL Racist and biased toward the rich

Sometimes the media makes you think - and sometimes it makes you very, very angry....

February 2011

February 05, 2011

In the face of fear: Buddhism, Burma, Egypt, politics, and the modern world

The New York Times has an amazing piece that really should be read by all...

February 02, 2011

Burma (Myanmar): photos and initial thoughts

I'm now in my quaint little room in a hanok (traditional Korean house), sitting on the...

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