Archive for January, 2009
Wednesday, January 28th, 2009
At the foot of Arunachala …
Tiruvannamalai. On the edge of this modest sized Indian town in the state of Tamil Nadu, South India, about five hours on the local bus from Chennai, stands the renowned ashram of Sri Ramana Maharshi, the much loved teacher of Liberation, who has been adopted as the patron saint by the Western [...]
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Monday, January 12th, 2009
A Proposed Inauguration Address for President-elect Barack Obama
A couple of weeks ago, I read on line the inauguration speeches of about 10 US Presidents. George Washington, Abraham Lincoln and F.D. Roosevelt gave insightful, honest and concentrated statements of their vision. Other inauguration addresses consisted of swathes of rhetoric, a litany of platitudes, instantly forgettable – sometimes reminding me of the Peter [...]
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Thursday, January 1st, 2009
A One State Solution
There is a common belief in the West that the solution to this terrible 60 year-old conflict between Israel and the Palestinian people can only be resolved through a two state solution.
What would a two state solution mean?
