“Isn’t It a Pity,” A Fitting Duet for MLK Day

January 17, 2022

If you’ve never heard Nina Simone’s version of George Harrison’s song “Isn’t it a Pity,” I can’t think of a …

“The Fierce Urgency of Now”: Dismantling the Big Lie, Bridging the Big Divides

January 18, 2021

Like so many Americans, I’ve been struggling these past twelve days to wrap my mind around what happened on January …

January 16, 2017

Celebrating the legacy of Martin Luther King days before Donald Trump is sworn in as the 45th President of the …

December 20, 2013

The highest common denominator for all spiritual practices and religious teachings, as I’ve come to understand, is Love. That is, …

September 7, 2013

Reblogged from Zen Flash “In the final analysis, love is not merely an emotional something. Love is creative, understanding goodwill …

September 2, 2013

I used to write a labor column for the Santa Maria Times back in the late 90’s. The theme was …