While the whale songs get sadder and sadder, While snakefinger Hollywood operatives teach us to look outside ourselves for superheroes instead of behind our own eyes, While canned laughter pours from screens and forms whispering clouds over our heads which assure us that we have never been divine, While the pop songs
Have you ever noticed how whenever someone inconveniences the dominant western power structure, the entire political/media class rapidly becomes very, very interested in letting us know how evil and disgusting that person is? It's true of the leader of every nation which refuses to allow
I gave a speech for the Socialist Equality Party Australia rally for Julian Assange today, and I figure I may as well share the transcript for those who weren't able to be there: Today is the day when the rubber meets the road. Today is the day
The path to enlightenment is the process of becoming clearly aware of all the different aspects of the way you operate inside, which enables you to relate to life as it's actually appearing instead of through the filters of old conditioned mental habits. The path
I was planning on writing a poem this evening, but all I've got coming up right now is sheer gratitude for the kind of life I get to live because of the generous support of my patrons and the circulation of my work by my
While we're all waiting to find out what's happening with Julian Assange, I thought it might be fun to do a little Q & A with my readers to pass the time while that singularly important crisis resolves. I asked for some questions on social
When journalist Elizabeth Vos told me on Twitter today that one of my posts should be on bumper stickers, coffee mugs and t-shirts, my first thought was, "Man, I don't have time for that." And my second thought was, "But hey, maybe some other people
The word "halitosis" is a household term which everyone knows means bad breath. But did you know that the word has been around for less than a hundred years, and was invented not by the medical field, but by advertisers?Back in the 1920s, people didn't
This is pretty embarrassing to write about, partly because it involves a sensitive personal issue and partly because I know I screwed up and fell into a trap. But I think the information is important enough to put out there, just to make readers aware
Our predicament is simple to describe.Since the dawn of civilization, powerful individuals have controlled the stories people tell themselves about who they are, who's in charge, how a good citizen behaves, what groups should be loved, what groups should be hated, and what's really going