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I Voted For Jill Stein, and I Feel Fine!

Today, Tuesday Nov. 6 is the big election day. Most Americans will be lining up to cast their votes for the presidential candidates of the Political Duopoly. But not me. We have a very efficient early vote-by-mail system here in the state of Washington. So I’ve already casted my ballot a week ago. And I [...]

On Integral Civics and the Fallacy of the “Lesser Evil”

It’s Presidential election season. And, this time, I refuse to choose between the “lesser of two evils.” I cautiously voted for Pres. Obama in 2008. He didn’t have much experience back then. But, like most people, I gave him the benefit of the doubt. Now that there are public records on what kind of President [...]

A Metta for the Healing of the United States of America

I’m not a politically-oriented person. I try to avoid politics as much as I can. But I’m fired up when it comes to health care debate. However, this whole health care reform debacle is frustrating the hell out of me. Republicans have no interest in reforming health care, except to block any progress towards universal [...]