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August 2013

August 11, 2013
In case you've missed news coverage about it -- and you might have, as the media...
August 10, 2013
The Sakyadhita International Association of Buddhist Women, "an alliance of women (and men) committed to...
August 06, 2013
Some weeks back, Texas Senator Wendy Davis did an incredibly brave thing by filibustering (for an...
August 05, 2013
Some weeks back, I had the pleasure of attending the Myanmar Muslims Genocide Awareness Convention...
August 04, 2013
Thailand's The Nation has exclusive interviews with noted LGBT activist Anjana Suvarnananda, as well as...
August 04, 2013
My pal, former student, and fellow UWest employee Monica Sanford has a terrific new post...

July 2013

July 31, 2013
Neat...
July 30, 2013
Kunsang Dolma, author of Wisdom Publications' new title A Hundred Thousand White Stones: An Ordinary...
July 29, 2013
This via Buddhist Studies at Leiden University... A NWO-funded Research Project Call for Papers A...
July 26, 2013
I've got a brand new interview with my buddy Dr. Michaela Haas over at Buddhadharma: The...
July 16, 2013
The police dispatcher that George Zimmerman spoke to on the night of February 26th, 2012,...
July 08, 2013
I've found myself thinking quite an awful lot lately about two articles that appeared recently...
July 07, 2013
As many of you reading have probably heard by now, there has been a coordinated...
July 06, 2013
Two thought-provoking posts appeared in the Buddhist blogosphere this week. First, my friend Shastri Ethan...

June 2013

June 25, 2013
As you may have heard, President Obama today unveiled his second-term plan to address climate...
June 24, 2013
Amy Hollingsworth is the author of the newly-released book Letters from the Closet: Ten Years of...
June 22, 2013
Sure, Time Magazine's cover isn't always the same in the U.S. as it is in...
June 17, 2013
Two weekends ago, I had the pleasure of attending the Myanmar Muslims Genocide Awareness Convention...
June 14, 2013
The Irrawaddy breaks the news that a convention of Buddhist monks in Burma (including the...
June 14, 2013
For more, I recommend Robyn Pennacchia's piece over at deathandtaxes (hat-tip to Emma Varvaloucas at Tricycle for...
June 11, 2013
This via Voice of America: An hour-long documentary that explores the causes behind the 118...
June 05, 2013
June 04, 2013
The editors of the New York Times offered a must-read editorial this week about recent...

May 2013

May 31, 2013
CNN reports: Ignoring both religious freedom and the outcry of the Tibetan people, the Chinese...
May 30, 2013
Just a quick heads-up about two interesting pieces about issues in Thailand that appeared this...
May 26, 2013
Last week, I had the pleasure of being interviewed by filmmaker Adam Eurich for his...
May 10, 2013
William Whittington is the Assistant Chair of Critical Studies in the School of Cinematic Arts...
May 08, 2013
I’ve blogged before in the past about my friend and inspiration Charles S. Prebish. I interviewed Chuck and John...
May 07, 2013
Awesome news: my dear old college friend Dan Ewen, the noted screenwriter and comedian, and...
May 06, 2013
Shodo Spring, the Soto Zen priest who leads the Compassionate Earth Walk -- "a physical...
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