“I want everyone of you to have a reason to be outraged”

“I want everyone of you to have a reason to be outraged”

Thorsten, a friend in Germany, kindly sent me a copy of Time For Outrage (Indignez-Vous), October 2010), a powerful 4000 word political critique of our wretchedly compliant society by Stephane Hessel, a former French diplomat. …

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A boy, a short film, a piano and a poem …..

Earlier this month, the class teacher  gave children 30 minutes to write a few lines about their response to a short animated film based on a husband playing the piano after the death of his wife. …

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Gotama the Buddha – not a holier-than-thou type.

I have a dozen biographies about the life of the Buddha. I emailed Stefan Karpkik, who loves exploring the Pali Suttas (Discourses of the Buddha) about the Buddha. …

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A quiet revolution of values continues in Totnes, England….

The quiet revolution continues in Totnes, Devon, a small rural town in the west country of England.  I returned in late February from five weeks in India. Upon returning home, I picked up some of the flyers around the town.  Without wishing to  give the town any kind of special self-existence, Totnes continues to be willing to embark on various journeys of transition and change.   …

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Libyan leader, Col. Gadaffi needs to read a play of William Shakespeare

Libyan leader, Colonel Muammar Gadaffi, the self appointed leader (not the president he says)  should find some time in his sleepless hours in his remote ivory tower in Tripoli, Libya’s capital, to read Coriolanus, William Shakespeare’s play. The play explores subsequent events when a leader shows no respect for his people. …

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