The new code words for racism are “welfare” and “crime.” Reagan’s fictitious welfare queen is back. She’s driving her Cadillac and collecting extra checks while decent (read “white”), hard- working people struggle to make a living. In reality welfare, Aid to Families with Dependent Children, constitutes 1% of the budget. Corporate welfare, on the other […]

Kalila wa Dimna of the Arab World is one of our great literary treasures. It has been translated into some 50 languages. The collection of fables express humankind’s frailties and strengths. By employing a variety of animals such as the lion and the ox and the mouse and the cat, the stories explore the consequences of […]

In Sufism, Les Hixon says, “Dreams are a helpful way to step around our limited self because the psyche is not operating at an ordinary conscious level.” He says, “a dream is a like a lock and the interpretation is a key and when they meet together correctly then something opens and a flash of […]

This contentious debate over Oliver Stone’s film JFK and the assassination was recorded before a sell-out crowd.  Stone is joined by Norman Mailer, Nora Ephron and Edward Jay Epstein. After their presentations, they are questioned by Christopher Hitchens, Bill Schaap and Max Holland as well as the audience. They discuss, among other topics, the blending of […]