John Kerry Joins the Fight to Save the Environment

John Kerry has always been interested in the Environment as an issue, but he and his wife Teresa have decided to up the ante by writing a new book highlighting the lives of ordinary/extraordinary americans who have been struggling to protect what’s left of the Environment.

God, Zen, and Suzuki

D.T. Suzuki’s writings are the best in english on the subject of Zen Buddhism.  PBS now has a page discussing him and some of his ideas:
Is Zen a religion? It is not a religion in the sense that the term is popularly understood; for Zen has no God to worship, no ceremonial rites to observe, [...]

School Shooting in Gresham, OR: What’s Wrong with America?

Gresham, OR.  a Suburb of Portland was the site of a highschool Shooting today (April 10th, 2007).   A 15 year old kid fired a rifle through a window injuring 10 students.  None of the students were critically wounded.
There once was a time in our not to distant historical past, when man, mired in the mud [...]

More on Pat Robertson’s Law School, Regency University

The American Prospect ran this article about Regency University and other far right christian schools, and the World View they are teaching to their students.
At its best, worldview pushes students to rethink settled positions, to wrestle with what a Christian’s duty is to the poor or the infirm or those on death row. It can [...]