Society

By internalizing and abiding by these principles, a new inmate will save a lot of strife and possibly violence, and even transform potential hard time to easy time.

"I'm tired of preaching funeral sermons about dead people who have never lived to dead people who have never lived," said Reverend Ledbetter.

The blind students and the inmate students have a symbiotic relationship of success and hope,

Held in solitary confinement for months for publishing an educational newsletter for inmates, I eventually had the guilty findings overturned, but not before much suffering.

Our societal barometer is broken.

Nichiren is a form of Japanese Buddhism that emphasizes repeated recitation of the mantra nam myoho renge kyo for health, happiness and enlightenment.

A healthy dose of (productive) doubt can be an enriching and favorable state of mind, leading you to consult your own inner wisdom and question events around you.

If you want my business, try the novel idea of actually conducting one.

Writers are worker ants, always labouring, often without pay, for the good of the nest: the planet we all share. All writing is political.

Climate change is unfolding like a disaster movie in slow motion.