Bruce Lee and the Power of Water
April 20th, 2016 | by msalt
I just ran across a classic post at Maria Popova’s always worthwhile BrainPickings that illuminates the connection between martial arts [&hellip
Fighting by Not Fighting
January 19th, 2016 | by msalt
A dozen or so heavily armed right-wing extremists seize a government facility. Naturally, the police respond with a massive display [&hellip
Chip Kelly Update: Cautious Optimism
December 17th, 2015 | by msalt
[Note: This column is a weekly recap of the fortunes of the Philadelphia Eagles and their coach, Chip Kelly. Kelly [&hellip
Spooky Action at a Distance
October 23rd, 2015 | by msalt
Einstein was wrong. As insightful as he was about the nature of the universe, the most famous Western genius since [&hellip
Aleister Crowley’s Black Magickal “Tao Teh King”
January 26th, 2015 | by msalt
There are a lot of good English editions of the Daodejing, from scholarly translations by Victor Mair and Robert Henricks [&hellip
Translating the Tao Te Ching (daodejing) — chapter 9
January 17th, 2015 | by msalt
Robin (“Noedel”), writing on Reddit, recently raised an interesting question. “This [Addiss/Lombardo Translation of the Tao Te Ching] seemed to [&hellip
Integrity and the Anonymous Internet
January 9th, 2015 | by msalt
The Daodejing (Tao Te Ching) declares the falseness of names and labels right in its first lines. 道 可 道 [&hellip
Malcolm Gladwell is wrong
April 21st, 2014 | by msalt
I’ve long had a pet theory that Malcolm Gladwell is a closet Daoist. If you look at his big books, [&hellip
Scientists Prove that “3 in the Morning” is True (Backwards)
April 7th, 2014 | by msalt
One of Zhuangzi’s most famous stories is “3 in the Morning.” A zookeeper gives monkeys 2 bananas in the morning, [&hellip
Chipotle Grows Talent Organically – and Profitably
March 29th, 2014 | by msalt
Over at Quartz, Max Nisen has a very interesting article on the unusual — and very successful — culture at [&hellip
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