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In a recent post entitled “Up From Buddhism,” Andrew Sullivan quotes a journalist and a blogger who have a less than favorable view of our tradition:  From 2003, John Horgan explains why he gave up on Buddhism: …what troubles me most about Buddhism is its implication that detachment from ordinary life is the surest route to…

Despite my best intentions, I still have days when I miss my meditation practice. I’m on point for a while and then something happens- I’m busy with school, going out and getting in too late, etc.- that I lose the momentum. So, when we received the assignment in my cognitive behavioral therapy class to design…

Sonia Sotomayor, a Bronx-born New York City native, is a federal Appeals court judge, a 54-year-old Hispanic woman, a summa cum laude graduate of Princeton who received her law degree from Yale, and a potential Supreme Court nominee. The name “Sotomayor” has been much seen in the news since Supreme Court Justice David Souter’s retirement…

This is a week of new beginnings for me.  I spent Sunday and Monday keeping an eye on my best friend’s four year old, my godson Sidney, as his wife April was preparing to deliver their second son by home birth.  Monday at 11AM I took Sidney to the park; when I brought him home…
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