Notes in Samsara

link Master Tung Ching Chang has been referred to as The Greatest Acupuncture Master who ever lived. He was a traditional Chinese physician...

For no particular reason other than I was bored and waiting for the weather to warm up slightly before attacking my backyard, I googled ...

Link DENVER -- A small sign in the Promise Keepers headquarters reads "70,000" -- the number of people the Christian men's org...

Via this post on Atrios , I found this post leading to this site , which should send shivers down the likes of Hugh Hewitt, Joe Carter, an...

which equals nothing less than: Bush makes us even more irrelevant. But this cannot be said to be anything other than good ... BEIJING, May ...

There are two articles I've come across recently, re: the filibuster, that shows pretty clearly the clear and present danger to American...

As I've noted previously , the filibuster according to the Senate rules is constitutional. Removing it now would simply give the Republi...

Apparently whatever error corrections software they ahve in iTunes, it's a charm: CD songs that were unplayable anywhere else, actually ...

I've always been interested in the subject of negotiations, both from a theoretical perspective (it includes elements of game theory, de...

Those folks who continually lambast evolutionary biology should take a good look at this article from the NY Times: Powerball lottery offic...

link WAYNESVILLE, North Carolina (AP) -- A Baptist preacher accused of running out nine congregants who disagreed with his Republican politi...

Lots of economic news today, somewhat mixed: The Washington Post admits - about 4 weeks after I mentioned it - that revauluing the yuan is ...

I don't get around to Sadly, No! very much; a simple click here brings me to another portal into the lunacy of the religious right. A ...

link CONSUMERS will be able to print customized stamps again starting next week, but this time they won't be able to peel and paste Moni...

MP3 player heaven broadband internet FM radio 1970 lives again...Richie Havens High Flyin Bird' ...you pay for this but you steal that: ...

I discussed yesterday in general terms my general distate for the fundamentalist Norman Geisler, who is praised by Joe Carter . Let's g...

While the folks on the lunatic fringe talk about bringing "morals" back in government, it turns out t he government was not tellin...

I have nothing profound to blog this weekend, but this post from Carter gave me a smidgen of fodder, a paen to Norman Geisler . First of al...

Link An American Jesuit who is a frequent television commentator on Roman Catholic issues resigned yesterday under orders from the Vatican ...

Here and here . It is amazing what you can run into in the Pacific Northwest.