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A Pagan's Blog
Donald Trump and the promise of diversity
By
Gus diZerega
I was inspired to write this blog by Steve Weinstein’s post on Crooks and Liars. There he observed “I live in the middle of Los Angeles. Gay people are everywhere and considered as normal as anyone else. Black people too. Persians, Buddhists, Sikhs, astrologers and witches are ho-hum. My mechanic is Pakistani. I probably run…
Dancing up the sun at May Day
By
Gus diZerega
As in so many earlier years, I will spend Saturday night in Berkeley so as to be up before dawn, drive up to Inspiration Point in Tilden Park, and watch Berkeley Morris dance up the sun. Whenever I’ve been in northern California on Beltane I try to see the Morris Dancers at dawn. Even in a…
The “War on Easter”
By
Gus diZerega
The efforts of professional Catholic Bill Donohue and his Catholic League to gin up a new “war on Christianity” shtick is pretty funny from a Pagan perspective. He makes up stories about kids not being able to call the eggs they collect “Easter eggs.” For good measure he seems to toss in anything else he…
Earth Day 2011
By
Gus diZerega
Today is Earth Day, and For the first time many in modern America decided to honor their home and make a personal commitment to protect it. Some have kept that commitment. Most of the powers that be, Democratic and Republican, no longer pay it any mind beyond an occasional sneer or shrug. Even so, symbolically…
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