In my recent post on the Peace Dividend, I noted that a group of 50 Nobel laureates is suggesting that 2% of what the world now spends on the military be shifted to addressing problems like poverty, climate change, and …
Re: the quote here, James Littleton notes: I’m a military veteran, I wore that uniform proudly and honorably, but the Dalai Lama’s point is well appreciated. Good for you, James. Thanks for your service, not to mention your intelligence and …
Think of the type of world we would have if the Dalai Lama’s words here informed the way we live our lives. All the dogma, war, white supremacy, cruelty, superstition, and ignorance–all of it replaced by a single commodity. Kindness.
Though the quality of the education offered at the William Penn Charter School in Philadelphia is probably the main reason parents work hard to send their kids there, the overlay of Quakerism and everything it stands for is important as …
The other day I was walking to a meeting in downtown Los Angeles and I came across this sign in front of a shop. In my book, kindness needs to be re-enforced at every opportunity, so I ducked in, found …
On this, the 180th birthday of Mark Twain, it’s hard not to think of the great witticisms for which the great language virtuoso is best known. My favorite: Go to Heaven for the climate, Hell for the company. Yet it’s …
The title here, of course, comes from the Dalai Lama. And the pic here is something similar I noticed on 2GreenEnergy supporter Glenn Doty’s Facebook page. Not a bad way to end the week. Let me propose a toast as …
Like everyone, I’ve always been impressed with the winners of the Nobel Prize. My favorite personal experience along these lines goes back to my younger days in which I chronicled the Nobel laureates in protein chemistry when I was a …
