Category Archives: Passion

Ellen DeGeneres:A Sapphic Victory, but Pyrrhic

By FRANK BRUNI BEFORE millions of television viewers, under the dewy and beneficent gaze of Oprah Winfrey, the two of them traded moony glances. They held hands. They spoke the language of sonnets and torch songs. “It was like an … Continue reading

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The Tao Of Twitter

by Lama Surya Das The TAO OF TWITTER is—like a standup comedian’s good one liner, haiku poetry, and the old fashioned singing telegram—rich with the magical power and incandescent immediacy of nowness, which is part and parcel of the power … Continue reading

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Saltwater Buddha: A Surfer’s Quest to Find Zen on the Sea

This week with speak with the author of Saltwater Buddha, Jaimal Yogis.  Jaimal, a Zen surfer and journalist, wrote Saltwater Buddha to chronicle his late teens and early 20′s as he learned to surf and delved into Zen.  He shares … Continue reading

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Vaclav Havel: Moral IQ & ‘Era of Disgust’ in Political Compromises

By ALISON SMALE PRAGUE — It was supposed to be an interview about the revolutions that overturned communism 20 years ago in Europe. But first, Vaclav Havel had a question. Was it true that President Obama had refused to meet … Continue reading

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Catholic GLBT “Fear & Loathing” Kick ASU Priests to the Curb

(Above: Fr. Fred Lucci interacting with a student at Table on the Mall) Image courtesy of Phoenix Catholic Sun http://tinyurl.com/lzwpwy (Above: Fr. James Thompson poses in front of the chapel on campus) Dear Friends & Family, You may know me … Continue reading

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