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2016-12-08T02:44:21-04:00

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Dive Bars and the Ghost Ship Fire

Last updated on: December 8, 2016 at 2:44 am By Tom Swiss

To deal with social problems of all sorts, we need collaborative harm reduction policies, not harsh criminalization. Read more

2016-12-06T17:09:55-04:00

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Cosmopolitanism Through Karate

Last updated on: December 6, 2016 at 5:09 pm By Tom Swiss

This was my meditation lecture to my karate students last week. I hope that it might inspire others to think about the ways that the activities and organizations that they take part in, promote or fail to promote cosmopolitanism. Read more

2016-12-01T01:57:19-04:00

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Random Wednesday: Fake Fake News, Punk On Fire, Buddhists For Trump

Last updated on: December 1, 2016 at 1:57 am By Tom Swiss

"Every man should have a built-in automatic crap detector operating inside him." -- Ernest Hemingway Read more

2016-11-29T13:43:48-04:00

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Ethnic Pride Does Not Justify White Nationalism

Last updated on: November 29, 2016 at 1:43 pm By Tom Swiss

The ethnic identities that our families pass along to us are part of our lived experience. But race is an artificial construct, invented to justify exploitation and keep oppressed people from uniting. Read more

2016-11-25T03:59:25-04:00

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Why Fascism Is Bad

Last updated on: November 25, 2016 at 3:59 am By Tom Swiss

The allure of fascism is that you, friend, can be part of that glorious struggle! Join our Great Leader, let some of his cosmic energy fill you up! Read more

2016-11-24T01:53:34-04:00

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Random Wednesday: Thanksgiving Reruns, An Old Revelation, Self-Defense and Self-Care

Last updated on: November 24, 2016 at 1:53 am By Tom Swiss

And then it hit me, the great truth I was there to learn, with all the subtlety of a stalactite falling from the ceiling of a cave: We're all in this together. Like it or not -- and sometimes you won't like it -- we're all in this together. Read more

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2016-11-23T02:24:49-04:00

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Was This The Best We Could Hope For?

Last updated on: November 23, 2016 at 2:24 am By Tom Swiss

As horrible as a Trump administration is likely to be, perhaps it is the best outcome that the past two decades of American politics have left us. But going forward there’s one thing that’s clear: we must hope and pray the the Democratic Party is teachable. Read more

2016-11-17T02:11:14-04:00

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Random Wednesday: Universal Income, The Alt-Right, Red Scare

Last updated on: November 17, 2016 at 2:11 am By Tom Swiss

Time for another Random Wednesday here on The Zen Pagan -- this week's dose of links, short bits, and curiosities. Heavy on politics this week, as you might expect. Read more

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2016-11-18T13:34:31-04:00

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Luke Cage and the Hero’s Journey

Last updated on: November 18, 2016 at 1:34 pm By Tom Swiss

And when I watched Cage what I found was more than a tale of a black superhero with crossover appeal. I found the universal hero, the one that Joseph Campbell famously assigned a thousand faces. Read more

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2016-11-10T13:49:23-04:00

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Election 2016 and the Xenophobic State of the Nation

Last updated on: November 10, 2016 at 1:49 pm By Tom Swiss

And you cannot connect with another human being if you start with the belief that because their calculus of which Presidential candidate was least awful differed from yours, that person is therefore awful. Read more

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