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April 2018

April 14, 2018

The Wounded Healer

But we must be wary of thinking that more suffering enables more healing, that in...

August 2017

August 31, 2017

Hearts and Heads in Houston

Somewhere out there among the ordinary people saving lives in Houston is a guy with...

August 27, 2017

Love Starts With Boundaries

But we have to operate in both the realms of absolute and relative truth. It...

August 17, 2017

Nazis Are Bad. Now What?

While both are wrong, there is not a moral equivalence here between punching someone and...

August 14, 2017

Knowledge, Victory, and Empathy

You have to get into your opponent's head. So to be a good fighter, you...

June 2017

June 07, 2017

Reason, Social Justice, and Dionysian Frenzy

No disrespect to Dionysus, but social justice is not a job to which you send...

May 2017

May 06, 2017

Kyoto’s Ancestors Are Watching; Deities In Commerce

It was as if the ancestral spirits were watching out over the city. I don't...

March 2017

March 27, 2017

Zen And The Art Of…Obeying The Rules?

To some extent, “stability” means “resistance to change". To change an unjust system you may...

March 23, 2017

Bad Maps, Say His Name, And Stopping A Street Fight

Our usual mid-week selection of quick takes. Bad Maps: Gall-Peters is no cartographic hero Breathless...

February 2017

February 02, 2017

Groundhog Day and Ikuru

So he does three things: he works to improve himself. He comes to love the...

January 2017

January 23, 2017

Fighting Evil Doesn’t Make You Good

This notion that it's fine and good to assault people we decide are Nazis is...

November 2016

November 17, 2016

Luke Cage and the Hero’s Journey

And when I watched Cage what I found was more than a tale of a...

October 2016

October 31, 2016

Your Politics Are Awful. Now What?

Now, as it happens, I have had some practice in dealing with people with deplorable...

August 2016

August 26, 2016

Flirting Without Being A Creep

But that makes it extra disappointing when men new to this culture, inebriated by this...

June 2016

June 30, 2016

Stopping Violence With Absurdity

And only then did I realize that these guys intent on working themselves into a...

June 15, 2016

Can We — Should We — Forgive A Monster?

Of course, we won't do that. There's too much blood and too much anger. We'll...

May 2016

May 18, 2016

An Anarchist Goes To Court

Thornley drew an interesting parallel between this power of the state and the mental and...

May 10, 2016

Religious Liberty: Something Pastafarians and Evangelicals Both Deserve

Now, basic concern for others and a reluctance to use state force against them ought...

May 04, 2016

What Would Luke Skywalker Do?

Forget the lousy prequels and shun the "special editions" with their pointless effects and plot...

April 2016

April 20, 2016

A “420” Miracle

Not to sound like a stoned dorm room conversation, but the whole experience is a...

April 18, 2016

Render Unto Caesar — But Not My Flesh

There are things that must always be taken as beyond the authority of kings and...

February 2016

February 25, 2016

The Bullet, the Bow, and the Blade

If you find the bullet spiritually horrifying but are perfectly comfortable with the blade or...

January 2016

January 12, 2016

Fun a Day Continues: Trusting Your Own Nature

So to twist Pirsig: You want to know how to create worthwhile art? Understand that...

January 10, 2016

Defending the Non-Self

So which self are you going to defend? This is our koan as martial artists,...

December 2015

December 17, 2015

The Gifts in Hotei’s Bag — And In Yours

We forget that the things we do are special, because they are ordinary to us.

November 2015

November 23, 2015

Giving Credit

But there's something related and important that doesn't ask us to fake anything, something specific,...

November 23, 2015

Gratitude, Schmatitude

If you’re feeling angry, grumpy, irritable, frustrated, or grief-stricken, then go ahead and honestly feel...

November 07, 2015

Why Men’s Mysteries Matter

But initiation can also be a social phenomenon, in which the initiate is welcomed and...

October 2015

October 14, 2015

All Of Human Folly Summarized In A Few Sentences

Walker recently spoke with BBC News environment correspondent Matt McGrath, and had this brilliant plan...

October 01, 2015

Umpqua: Stopping the Spear

On the first Thursday of the month, I usually do a meditation session with my...