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2016-10-17T21:03:02-04:00

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In Praise of Miss Sue

Last updated on: October 17, 2016 at 9:03 pm By Tom Swiss

At one point she told me that she couldn't imagine ever having a job where she had to be compassionate or caring, she just didn't have that in her any more. A few years later she started working as an aide in special education classes, once again taking care of special needs kids. Even all that, the pain and the injury and the corporate bastards, couldn't put out the bright sun that burns in her heart. I could not be prouder to be my mother's son. Read more

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2016-09-08T15:56:36-04:00

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What Do You Mean, “Zen”? (or, Dharma Burger Toilets)

Last updated on: September 8, 2016 at 3:56 pm By Tom Swiss

The term is often misused in amusing or bemusing ways in marketing in the West, something that has come to be known as the "Dharma Burger". My recent favorite is -- I kid you not -- the "Zen" toilet from Canadian plumbing fixtures company Produits Neptune. (The fact that this Zen toilet is made by a company named after a Greek deity may make this the ultimate Zen Pagan Dharma Burger!) Read more

2016-09-08T13:11:13-04:00

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Star Trek: Pagans in Space

Last updated on: September 8, 2016 at 1:11 pm By Tom Swiss

Trek gave viewers the elfin-eared Vulcan Mr. Spock, who projected a logical detachment from destructive emotions while also jamming out with space hippies and engaging in mystical, hypnotic, telepathic “mind melds” that questioned the nature of the self. He was a sort of Space Age Merlin to Kirk’s King Arthur. Without him, would Paganism be so heavy with engineers, programmers, and scientists? Read more

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2016-09-03T09:53:04-04:00

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Does “The Star-Spangled Banner” Celebrate Killing Slaves? Part III

Last updated on: September 3, 2016 at 9:53 am By Tom Swiss

While Key was a slave-owner, he seems to have believed that slaves were due some humane treatment. (This is not to in any way justify slavery; it is to inquire whether he was, at the time, the sort of person who would rejoice at the death of slaves.) He actually spoke against the slave trade on some occasions, freed several of his slaves, and represented both slaves and free blacks in legal proceedings, including instances where slaves sued for their freedom. Read more

2016-09-03T02:50:40-04:00

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Does “The Star-Spangled Banner” Celebrate Killing Slaves? Part II

Last updated on: September 3, 2016 at 2:50 am By Tom Swiss

On the seas, however, matters were different. It had been, after all, British treatment of American sailors that led to the war, and now American sailors were ready to have their own back. Sometimes that was in the navy, and when the Constitution took on and defeated the Guerrière in a stand-up ship-to-ship fight it was a huge boost to American morale. But the most decisive action came aboard privateers -- privately operated ships with licenses ("letters of marque") to attack enemy merchant ships for a mix of profit and patriotism. Read more

2016-09-03T11:39:01-04:00

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Does “The Star-Spangled Banner” Celebrate Killing Slaves? Part I

Last updated on: September 3, 2016 at 11:39 am By Tom Swiss

As historian John McMaster put it, "Hardly was the Constitution a year old when England began the practice of dragging American citizens from the decks of American ships, and during sixteen years had carried it on in every portion of the civilized world with impunity." It's estimated that each year the British impressed a thousand American sailors into their service. Merely kidnapping American sailors wasn't enough; commerce that might benefit the enemy must be halted. So American ships were stopped and often seized at gunpoint by the British, and American ports were blockaded. Read more

2016-08-26T01:12:31-04:00

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Flirting Without Being A Creep

Last updated on: August 26, 2016 at 1:12 am By Tom Swiss

But that makes it extra disappointing when men new to this culture, inebriated by this freedom and entranced by the empowered and confident women who attend these events, pull the stuff they've learned in mundane mainstream culture. It harshes everyone's buzz. Read more

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2016-08-13T14:43:16-04:00

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Paradoxes in the Path

Last updated on: August 13, 2016 at 2:43 pm By Tom Swiss

So there are some logical reasons why you might get contradictory instructions. But there are also some non-logical reasons why this can happen. Because karate-do isn't always logical. Like any art it ultimately has to go beyond logic. Read more

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2016-08-04T02:12:27-04:00

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The Troublesome Death of Korryn Gaines

Last updated on: August 4, 2016 at 2:12 am By Tom Swiss

The police first arrived around 9:20 am; the shooting took place around 3 pm. So this wasn't even a full work day's worth of waiting. How much time is a human life worth? And is the life of a black woman with signs of neurological impairment worth less than the life of another citizen? Read more

2016-08-02T15:39:05-04:00

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Ellicott City: Climate Change, Land Development, and Angry Land Wights

Last updated on: August 2, 2016 at 3:39 pm By Tom Swiss

But on Saturday, with no warning or prelude the Tiber rose 12 or 15 feet, sweeping cars along and shattering the road itself. At the bottom of the hill the Patapsco itself rose up 14 feet to overflow its banks and tear the steel railings off the bridge that crosses it. Assessment of the damage is still ongoing, but twenty to thirty buildings along Main Street are said to have significant damage and four or five to be completely destroyed. At least two people were killed; rumor is that many others are still unaccounted for. Read more

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