Current Comment #6

A weekly recap of worthwhile political opinion and social commentary. Vol 1, No 6 ……… October 24th, 2020 OPENING NOTE - Presidential campaigning and coronavirus infection increases dominated the news again this past week, and both topics feature prominently in the pieces included below. In addition, there are two compelling essays on other matters - …

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Current Comment #5

A weekly recap of worthwhile political opinion and commentary. Vol 1, No 5 ......... October 17th, 2020 + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + …

Current Comment #4

A twice-weekly compendium of political opinion worth pondering October 10th ~ October 13th, 2020 + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + …

Current Comment #3

A twice-weekly compendium of political opinion worth pondering. October 6th ~ October 9th, 2020 + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + …

Current Comment #2

A twice-weekly compendium of political opinion worth pondering. October 3rd ~ October 6th, 2020 + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + …

Current Comment #1

A twice-weekly compendium of political opinion worth pondering. This edition covers the period from September 29th through October 2nd, 2020. + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + …

Announcing “Current Comment” …

... a new, twice-weekly feature of The Liberal Buddhist blog. Designed in the increasingly popular format of an email newsletter, posts in the Current Comment series will highlight a few selected essays of political commentary that I've read during the most recent three and half days. Each item included will consist of three parts: A …

Engaged Buddhism in This Time of Pandemic (3)

This is the third in an open-ended series of posts exploring some of the principle teachings of Buddhism for insights into how we might conduct our lives more skillfully during these challenging times of the coronavirus pandemic. For an overview of the entire projected series, please see the first entry.   The Three Characteristics ("Marks") of Existence: (2) …

Engaged Buddhism in This Time of Pandemic (2)

This is the second in an open-ended series of posts exploring some of the principle teachings of Buddhism for insights into how we might conduct our lives more skillfully during these challenging times of the coronavirus pandemic. For an overview of the entire projected series, please see the first entry.   The Three Characteristics ("Marks") of …

Engaged Buddhism in This Time of Pandemic (1)

Under normal circumstances, most of the essays I post on this blog focus on some current event or situation in contemporary American politics, which I then attempt to examine through the lens of Buddhist teachings, with the hope that whatever light passes through that lens might usefully illuminate the issue at hand. Of course, we …