This is a good place to start if you’re new around here. Follow some links. Read the comments. I’m not saying this is the best stuff I’ve ever written, I’m not saying it’s the best or most representative list of things I’ve said in this space since the summer of 2003. But it is a good mix of my personal favorites and stuff that receives a lot of traffic. Even after all these years.
- to what end: a reflection on the project of blogging.
- i love oakland: an homage to my adopted home and part of a piece I wrote for the One City blog.
- part one: white privilege: part one of three-parter about the intersection of racism and American Buddhisms.
- why shin buddhism: the title says it all.
- karma and the middle passage: some deep questions and interesting conversations regarding karma
- last word on the subject: perhaps not the best commentary on a recurring topic, but this one gets some traction and the comments are telling.
- the deep end: don’t say I didn’t warn you.
- honest scrap: my ego made me include this one.
- just ask this scientician!: I’ll happily endorse your product for your; but, again, don’t say I didn’t warn you.
- coming out buddhist: those of us living on the coasts should think about this issue (and follow the tag link for more).
- you shouldn’t be afraid: I used to do more writing like this. Maybe I will again some day.
- camp: a status report: long before I finished my doctorate, I had to work for a living. With mixed results.
- the anti-holiday message: timeless advice.
- not altogether different: one of my very first posts and still one of my personal favorites.
