The passionate discussion and often insightful responses my 4thof July post unleashed has forced me to think more deeply about the issues it raised. In the process I have tried to place my argument in a more explicitly spiritual framework, both because this is a spiritual site and because I try and keep my own…

I suspect this post will upset most of my readers.  It may be written off as a rant.  If that’s your inclination, before writing it off, please consider the actual arguments I make, because doing so will encourage  rethinking  some very basic issues that we supposedly celebrate on July 4. I personally would prefer drawing…

This wonderful Youtube video of a surprise homecoming is touching in a very warm way.  I love it. Perhaps it will give us something beyond anger and sorrow to motivate our opposition to the slaughter being carried out across so much of the world in our name.  The cost of our military adventures can be totaled…

I just saw a great article by Stephen Lacey  linked to on Crooked Timber on how the price of solar power is falling very rapidly.  This has been a long term trend, and shows no signs of slowing.  The rate is close to Moore’s Law concerning computer memory, which once was also expensive. In a…

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