October 2006

So I had a little time while I was packing. I guiltily grabbed my headphones to listen to the prohibited music, all in the name of research, of course ;-) and popped in Power Windows. It had been a few years since I had listened–really listened to this music. I was overwhelmed. It was like a dam burst. I was even able to hear "Territories" in a different way, as a plea for peace and enlightenment.

If we like the sound of something, if it makes us feel good, if our parents believed it, if it animates our culture, we should consider it to be true.

In the weeks before her death, Wilkins had become obsessed with the book “The Power of Now” by Eckhart Tolle.

The personality cults of dictators are state religions. North Koreans are starving in record numbers, yet the faithful hold their candles high.

Since she thought God would judge the world, I’m sure she believed He would prevent such an ‘atrocity.’ Guess not.

Humans are finally waking up to the fact that while popularity is no guarantee of rightness, neither is authority.

Militant Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Ba’asyir makes the outrageous claim that “nudity is more dangerous than the Bali bombs.”

Iranian Supreme Leader Sayyid Ali Khameini has been taking online questions about Ramadan on his website…