King On Justice “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” – Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Winning, Losing, Learning.
Winning, Losing, Learning. “You always learn a lot more when you lose than when you win.” This probably isn’t an African proverb (as if “African” is an appropriate catch-all word for dozens of different cultures). This is age old wisdom understood by many cultures, perhaps every one. I like […]
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Looking at Muslim-Christian Relations, We Should Be More Optimistic
I have been writing a paper to present at a conference at Cambridge University (an amazing privilege), and was researching the history of Muslim-Christian Relations. Despite what we hear in the media, hatred and violence between Muslims and Christians is not universal and in many times and place, not even […]
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Pop Culture is….
Pop Culture is…. Pop culture is the freedom to choose the same old crap. You can be more. a WorldFusionWisdom.com original
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Wittgenstein and Music
I ran across a paper entitled Wittgenstein, Modern Music, and the Myth of Progress written by Eran Guter. It is pretty dense stuff–good philosophy tends to be–but I like the categorization presented by Guter. Guter’s study is based not on a work published by Wittgenstein, but on entries in Wittgenstein’s […]
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There’s a Problem with the Transgender Label
I am going to address a touchy subject and dare to ask: what is the problem with the transgender label? There is absolutely no problem with any human being who could consider themselves “transgender.” All human beings should be accepted for who they are. No, the problem is the label […]
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Religion is Like Tofu
Religion is Like Tofu “Religion is like tofu, it takes on the flavor of whatever it’s cooked in.” – Rabi’a Keeble, founder of Qal’bu Maryam Women’s Mosque in Berkeley, CA.
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Blackstone’s Ratio
Blackstone’s Ratio “Better that ten guilty persons escape than that one innocent suffer.” – William Blackstone Blackstone was an 18th century British lawyer, judge, and member of parliament. He was conservative both politically and morally, seeing morals and the law as set down by god. “No human laws,” […]
Read moreWhen the Plan is Not Working….
When the Plan is Not Working…. plan wisdom “When the plan is not working change the plan, not the goal.” Flexibility and adaptability is wisdom.
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Knowledge is Like a Garden
Knowledge is like a garden Knowledge garden Knowledge is like a garden: if it is not cultivated, it cannot by harvested. – African proverb
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