A Good and/or Bad Friday
Faith got me though my cancer even as I considered and dismantled the apparatus of faith that had been installed in my head.
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Shutdown is Over, But There Will Be a Next Time
FDR is held responsible for many things, but no one has linked his legacy to the recent threat of a government shutdown.
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Arab Spring: Countering the Naysayers
What inspired you to write The Future of the Arab Spring? The Arab revolutions, which began…
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Meditation is Not Religion or Spirituality—It’s Technology
Meditation is not religion, not spirituality—it’s a technology of upgrading the mind that can enrich one’s life, including one’s religious life. We’re used to the idea of physical fitness. Time to get used to the idea of contemplative fitness, and practice at least as diligently.
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How New Religions Are Made
“For me, the process of writing this book was a real eye-opener that demonstrated that even small, some might say, “marginal” religious groups are connected in so many ways to so many other groups, crossing lines of space, race, and time. It led me to rethink the utility of the “marginal” and to discover just how rich those religions are as a way of understanding the world.”
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Read MoreImmigration Activists and Experts on Their ‘Dealbreakers’ on Immigration Reform
The “Gang of Eight” hammering out a bipartisan immigration reform bill will release their proposal…
Read More2013 Pulitzers [Full List]
The new batch of Pulitzer Prize winners has just been announced, with novelist Adam Johnson winning the…
Read MoreWhy Do We Laugh at North Korea But Fear Iran?
In the United States, we make fun of Kim Jong Un and the North Korean…
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