Author Archive
Thursday, May 18th, 2006
Politics and Collard Greens
To see a world in a grain of sand
And a heaven in a wild flower,
Hold infinity in the palm of your hand
And eternity in an hour.
So begins Auguries of Innocence by the British poet and artist William Blake. This is the same William Blake who, upon being required to take an oath in a London […]
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Monday, March 13th, 2006
Oh to be Clever
Our clever friends in Missouri are toying with a legislative resolution that would recognize Christianity as the majority religion in that state and “protect the majority’s right to express their religious beliefs.” The resolution also recognizes that a greater power exists and that only Christianity receives what the resolution calls “justified recognition.” Of course minority […]
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Friday, January 20th, 2006
Irish Slavery
Montserrat sits in the Caribbean Sea southeast of Puerto Rico. Most folks remember it because of the devastating eruption of Soufriere Hills volcano in 1995 and subsequent burps by the volcano. Few know that the majority language of Montserrat up until 1900 was Irish Gaelic. Ann “Goody” Glover was hanged for witchcraft in Boston in […]
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Sunday, January 15th, 2006
Eternal Vigilance
Few people remember Claudette Colvin. On March 2, 1955 Claudette, a 15 year old black student, boarded a public bus in Montgomery Alabama. When she refused to give up her seat to a white man, she was handcuffed, arrested and removed from the bus.
Claudette was a member of the NAACP youth council in Montgomery. One […]
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Wednesday, November 23rd, 2005
Essential Paganism
We often encourage people to lay down the books, set aside the ritual, forego the intellectual writhing and simply go out for a walk as an integral part of the pursuit of this gentle spiritual path. Our goal is to be active participating partners in nature as opposed to some sort of alien onlookers peeking […]