Is Daoism Chinese?
March 10th, 2018 | by msalt
Underlying many of the fierce arguments about whether Westerners are appropriating Daoism is a basic question: is Daoism Chinese? If [&hellip
March 10th, 2018 | by msalt
Underlying many of the fierce arguments about whether Westerners are appropriating Daoism is a basic question: is Daoism Chinese? If [&hellip
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
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
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
January 30th, 2014 | by msalt
Waves are a classic natural phenomenon; why else would you thrown a rock in the water? That makes it all [&hellip
May 6th, 2013 | by msalt
I’m a huge fan of football coach Chip Kelly, who left just his first-ever head coaching job (for the University [&hellip
April 25th, 2013 | by msalt
Young comedian Tig Notaro survived a well-publicized battle with cancer last year, and appeared on the Conan O’Brien show to [&hellip
April 22nd, 2013 | by msalt
I seem to be on a music kick lately, for no particular reason, except that it suits this website super [&hellip
March 13th, 2013 | by msalt
There’s a stereotype of philosophical people in general, and Daoists in particular, as cold, cerebral, aloof, heartless. It’s easy to [&hellip
February 23rd, 2013 | by msalt
Back in October, Donald Sturgeon posted a provocative essay to Warp, Weft and Way, a top-notch academic blog of Eastern [&hellip