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August 2012

August 12, 2012

This Week in “Things that are Totally Awesome…”

Get this: our friend and past interviewee Joshua Eaton will be teaching a class on "Buddhism...

August 05, 2012

We Know What Happens Next

We know what happens next. Or, rather, we know what doesn’t happen next: we won’t...

July 2012

July 23, 2012

A Story of Real-Life Superheroines…

One of many emerging stories of heroism from Colorado, this one via The White House:...

July 09, 2012

INTERVIEW: Alisa Roadcup, Director for U.S. Advocacy and Development for Heshima Kenya

Over at my personal website, I've posted a few times about my friend and former...

June 2012

June 09, 2012

Help Me Be a “Burma Champion”

Every June the U.S. Campaign for Burma, an organization I support, asks its members to...

April 2012

April 28, 2012

The Most Important Subject I’ve Ever Addressed in a Dharma Talk…

After reading Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn's Half the Sky, the book that inspired my...

April 27, 2012

My Trip to Washington, D.C., for the Historic First Dharmic Religious Leaders Conference at the White House

Read all about it (and see quite a few pictures) at my official website. It's...

March 2012

March 24, 2012

INTERVIEW: Alex Co, Team Leader of the Documentary Film Daughters of Dolma

Alex Co is an undergraduate at the University of St. Andrews in the United Kingdom,...

March 17, 2012

VIDEO INTERVIEW: Dr. Michaela Haas, Media Consultant and Board Member for Lotus Outreach

Dr. Michaela Haas is an international reporter, lecturer and consultant. In addition, she is the...

March 09, 2012

Help Keep Voice of America On the Air in Tibet!

Please check out my latest news post for Buddhadharma: The Practitioner's Quarterly Online. In it,...

March 06, 2012

Please Check Out My Brand New Interview with Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi at Buddhadharma: The Practitioner’s Quarterly Online

Please check out my brand new interview with Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi -- the well-known and...

February 2012

February 20, 2012

I Can’t Say It Better than Bill Moyers…

...So I'm not even going to try. Here he is:

February 19, 2012

Can You Help Janet Liang?

Please come to the bone marrow drive at the Dharma Seal Temple in Rosemead, CA,...

February 18, 2012

Come See Ven. Karma Lekshe Tsomo Speak On “Buddhist Women and Social Justice” at University of the West on March 1st!

My home institution, University of the West, will be hosting the great Ven. Karma Lekshe...

February 08, 2012

INTERVIEW: Joshua Eaton Talks #OWS and @OccupyBuddhism

Joshua Eaton is the editor, writer, and translator who founded the visionary Dana Wiki (www.danawiki.org) -- an online...

February 03, 2012

Make Your Voice Heard for Tibet and the Tibetan People

This from the International Campaign for Tibet today: If you live in the United States,...

February 02, 2012

I Stand With Planned Parenthood

I can't say it better than the boilerplate provided by Planned Parenthood... I’m disappointed Susan G. Komen...

January 2012

January 28, 2012

INTERVIEW: Araia Tesfamariam, Director of Big Araia

Araia Tesfamariam is an independent film and TV producer who has worked with, among others,...

January 26, 2012

Sometimes I Am a Walking Public Service Announcement

Over at my website, I just blogged about how last week I had a lot of...

January 21, 2012

About that Video of U.S. Marines Urinating on Corpses in Afghanistan…

A video appeared online last Wednesday that shows four U.S. Marines urinating on three corpses in...

January 16, 2012

Thoughts on Martin Luther King Day…

"We must rapidly begin the shift from a 'thing'-oriented society to a 'person'-oriented society. When...

January 10, 2012

Remembering Václav Havel

For those of us who care about social justice generally and human rights in countries...

January 02, 2012

Take the Pledge

The New York Times has a disquieting article today about a series of firebombings that...

December 2011

December 31, 2011

On NDAA and Internal Protection

As you may have read, U.S. President Barack Obama signed the hugely controversial $662 billion National Defense...

December 30, 2011

Welcome to My New Patheos Blog, Everyone! (Take Two…)

Well, after one attempt at starting this new blog some time ago, I think we...