Long ago, Buddha and his followers were resting underneath a tree when suddenly a man came and spat in Buddha's face. His followers grew outraged but Buddha was’t angry or offended and calmly said to the man, “What next? There must be something you mean to say.” Everyone grew silent. Buddha continued, “This man does not know me and therefore has not offended me. He must have formed some ill notion of me, heard some rumors so this man has not spit on me. He has spit on his notion of me. He has spit on his own mind.” Buddha then turned to the man and lovingly asked him,”What more do you wish to say?” The man, shocked, confused and amazed ran home. That night he found it was impossible to sleep. He could not explain this encounter and was haunted by it, trembling and sweating all through the night. He had never come across such a man and this experience shattered his previous way of being. This encounter shook him to his core. The next morning the man returned and threw himself at Buddha's feet, asking for forgiveness. Buddha, lifting his body lovingly replied, “The Ganges goes on flowing and is never the same again. Every man is a river. Much has happened this past Twenty-four hours and the man that you spat on is no longer here, I just look like him. You have also changed. You are new and I am new. These two people, the man who spat and the one who was spit on are no more. Come, friend. Let us talk of something else.” ... read more »

Just three days after a New York Times investigation detailed numerous incidents of alleged sexual harassment by media mogul Harvey Weinstein, the board of directors at The Weinstein Company fired him. ... read more »

October marks the start of the 2017-2018 water year, which runs from October to September, and marks the period over which California water agencies measure the year’s precipitation levels. ... read more »

Congress moment of Silence after the latest massacre. Need for gun regulations from Congress. National Rifle Association conrol over Congress. ... read more / view cartoon »

Challenges may be family related, job related, friend related, marriage or lover related ... read more »

Considering the lack-luster response of #45's administration to the tragedy in Puerto Rico, it is easy to draw parallels between Nero and #45. ... read more »

There are many injustices in our nation’s criminal justice system. But one of the greatest injustices occurs before the accused are even convicted of a crime. It’s the application of our money bail system, and it works like this.  ... read more »

For years I have sounded the alarm that an economic storm was coming. My Emmy nominated documentary "Freeway Crack in The System" exposed the incarceration driven band-aid we have put over the long standing issue of racial wealth inequality, by surveying how a generation of jobless blacks turned to drugs to survive, and our answer was incarceration. ... read more »

Many people may imagine God by searching for their own freedom ... read more »

We are a nation of many colors, many creeds, and our history is rich with the contributions of men and women of every background and heritage ... read more »

Congress will determine the fate of young undocumented immigrants who could lose protection from deportation. ... read more »

"There's always someone who is trying to help.' I did, and I came to see that the world is full of doctors and nurses, police and firemen, volunteers, neighbors and friends who are ready to jump in to help when things go wrong." ... read more »

This is the reality that we are living right now. That is the ideological conflict currently playing out in our economic policy, veterans hospitals, inner cities, in the streets of Virginia and in various ways all across this country. ... read more »

Wrong doing has far reaching repercussions ... read more »

Boss believed that Hitler was the only man who could lift Germany out of its economic doldrums ... read more »