10 Articles

Saturday, October 25, 2008
Deficit Attention Disorder: Or, how it´s up to us to make a President Obama face the larger deficits we suffer
The greatest deficit a President Obama will face will not be the budgetary deficit. It will be the deficit of moral leadership in ending our war-addicted culture.

Sunday, October 12, 2008
Meltdown in Iceland: Free-Falling From the Top of the World
(2 comments) The current world economic crisis offers a "test case" in Iceland. Nationalizing banks and seeking assistance are bad news for the Republican-like Independence Party and a bad omen for the rest of the world.

Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Feral Christian
Vietnam Vet Stan Goff has asked Christian soldiers to resist. This is my response.

Friday, January 4, 2008
No revolution is legal
(14 comments) On guns and the Second Amendment.

Thursday, January 3, 2008
Reaching my father: A tribute-and a warning
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Friday, November 3, 2006
The Muslims I Know
(8 comments) In a follow-up to his piece, "The Christians I Know," poet, activist and Buddhist priest, Jose M. Tirado explores myths about Muslims.

Friday, November 3, 2006
On Divine Attention
What happens when we become quiet, really quiet?

Friday, November 3, 2006
The Emptiness of (Having) Everything
When having everything is not.

Friday, November 3, 2006
Notes From A Recovering Cynic
There are many things we need in this time of war, war and more war. Cynicism, is not one of them.

Thursday, November 2, 2006
From Bakersfield to Babylon
Inspired over the years by Bob Dylan, I wrote this originally as a song. I´ll wait for the proper melody though. Joan Baez, Kris Kristofferson, Steve Earle, Bob...anybody interested?