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Deeper

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


Arts

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


Politics

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


Cultures

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


Cultures

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


Arts

Poems After Drinking Wine (#5)

March 5th, 2014 | by msalt

How can you find meditative quiet in a busy city? The Taoist poet T’ao Ch’ien (365 – 427 C.E.) knows. [&hellip


Cultures

Human Waves

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


Sports

The Tao of Chip Kelly

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


Comedy

Tig Notaro on Being Present

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



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