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The Way
Lao Tzu’s (Old Master) Tao Te Ching [Way and Virtue The Ancient Text] is one of the oldest meditations we …
The Road — Taken
Cormac McCarthy’s The Road, translated into film, opened in scattered theaters this week. In the Bay Area only two houses …
Darwin’s Influence on Western Thought
In honor of the 150th anniversary of the publication of The Origin of Species, last Tuesday, November 24, Scientific American …
Jellyfish LOVE Global Warming
In some yucky news that may catch more attention than mere Pacific Islanders losing their entire homes jelly fish have …
Bristlecone Pines Love The Warming
Unlike the currently popular cataclysm movies, say The Road, and 2012, science does not predict a total, bare-earth result from …
Thieves Complain About the Loot
Last week a minor brouhaha erupted on right wing blogs, dutifully reported by major media, over the purported implications of …
Kilimanjaro Ice Cap Almost Gone
Glaciers are in retreat from the Andes to the Himalayas. More than being a loss to our sense of wonder …
The Burmese Harp: Fires on the Plain: Two Films
When Kon Ichikawa‘s name is mentioned, ears don’t perk up in recognition. Even if “film maker” is added as …
Big Sur in the Autumn on a Birthday
The cliffs of the Santa Lucia Range in years, a mere 5 million old, made up of parts 100 million …
Rumi: A Poet Like No Other
What a fortune it is to have friends to send you arrows that lodge in your heart! I got a …
Muddy River: A Town in China
The greater the flood of news the faster we are carried along. We have time to see only the surfaces …