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Great Leaders: The U.S., the Mideast & Elsewhere.

A commentary on leaders appeared on one of the news programs this week. A young lady somewhere in the Mideast, amid all the turmoil unfolding around the world, gave her own assessment: “I don’t really care who our leaders are.  I don’t feel it really matters.  None of them are working for the people.  They [...]

What is Democracy? The World in Upheaval: A Buddhist Perspective.

Democracy, and especially democracy in America, is a concept we usually take for granted.  It means a vast variety of things: freedom, liberty, the right to vote, equal representation, freedom of religion, and so on. The world is now experiencing a vast upheaval throughout the Mideast and Arab countries; and for us here in the [...]