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Friends of the Great Firewall of China

I would have thought that Microsoft’s $300+ billion market capitalization might have allowed them to put ethics in front of profit. What a message they would have sent to the Chinese government, other corporations and western governments if they would have refused to cater to China’s requirement that they censor MSN China. [...]

Dharma friendly songs - a brief respite from a long vacation

EmptyIsForm has gone through two phases since its birth: Pre-election and post election. I think I’ve shared about all I have to offer in the realm of political and news analysis for the time being. I took a couple of months off and I’m ready to embark on a new phase that will [...]

Can Tibetan Buddhism replace Communism as China’s pervasive philosophy?

In these times of Superpowers wielding overwhelming military, economic and pop-cultural influence, it is easy to forget that there are quieter, deeper and more subtle forces at work in the world. A recent article in Newsweek reported that a growing number of Chinese citizens are embracing Tibetan Buddhist culture and religion. Although Chinese leadership [...]

Teri Schiavo and the 18,000 uninsured dead

Over the last few weeks, the sad plight of Teri Schiavo and her family rose quickly to become the dominant public issue in the United States.The story pervaded the media, eclipsing everything from the war in Iraq to the fight over Social Security reform. The potential death of a woman who had languished in a vegetative [...]

Born to Die: US Abortion & Aid Policies at Odds

A study published in The Lancet last week reported that 10,000 neonatal deaths per day could be prevented by simple and inexpensive solutions. The problem is that most research has been focused on high-tech solutions that are aimed at only the wealthiest of the world, although only 1% of the world’s preventable deaths occur [...]

Is Social Security reform the cure for low African American life expectancy?

Last week, President Bush touted his Social Security reform as especially good for African Americans. His reasoning was based upon the fact that their life expectancy is shorter than other Americans. With the current Social Security program in place, most blacks don’t live long enough to collect their full share of benefits. With his [...]

New study shows increased US poverty and homelessness

A new study published by the National Student Campaign Against Hunger And Homelessness painted a sad picture of increasing poverty and homelessness in the United States. Funding for programs that aid the poor continues to decline under the Bush administration as the need for emergency food and shelter increases across the country in urban [...]

A tale of two inaugural addresses

I performed a web search in preparation for this post to find the full text of President Bush’s recent inaugural address. To my surprise, as I started reading I found that I actually liked what he said: “While many of our citizens prosper, others doubt the promise, even the justice, of our own country. The [...]

CIA Report depicts Iraq as long-term terrorist haven as search for Saddam WMDs ends

The gap between President Bush’s optimism about Iraq and the grim reality on the ground continues unabated. A new report from the CIA warns that Iraq will likely provide terrorists with a haven for recruiting and training over the next fifteen years with a higher probability of possessing and deploying both biological and nuclear [...]

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