Beyond Insensitivity: Bush Sends Mixed Signals to Indonesian Muslims
Published on Friday, October 17, 2003 by CommonDreams.org In the corridors of power in Washington and on the campuses of American universities these days, the great topic of debate is: How can the…
It’s the Policy, Stupid: Muslim Antipathy Driven Home by Latest White House Comments
Published on Wednesday, October 8, 2003 by CommonDreams.org Once again American strategic interests in the Islamic world have been sucker-punched by the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and much of the…
The New Colonialism: Iraq, Iran and the American Regency
(Note from the author: This article was published April 15, 2003 as U.S. forces invaded Iraq. America is about to become a colonial power. That step will carry with it profound -- and potentially…
Gene Smith’s Mission (vol. 1, No. 1, Fall 2002)
Vol. 1, No. 1 2002 Lawrence Pintak profiles Gene Smith, the man from Ogden, Utah who single-handedly spearheaded the preservation of thousands of Tibetan texts after the Chinese invasion of Tibet…
Bush, Bali & the Beirut Connection
Published on Wednesday, October 23, 2002 by CommonDreams.org There has been much talk of the fact that the Bali bombing marked the second anniversary of the attack on the USS Cole. But the deadly…
It’s Not Only a Game: Advergaming set to become a billion dollar industry
Internet.com (May 30, 2001) It claims to be "the best free Shockwave gaming site on the Internet." Gamers clicking on candystand.com may indeed react like -- well, like a kid in a candy…
Dwifungsi: The Dual Function of Indonesia’s Military
Published in The Earth Times Magazine (March 2002) There is no issue more pivotal to the future of the terror war in Southeast Asia than the relationship between the U.S. and Indonesia's…
Insight Meditation at 25
Shambhala Sun, November 2001 The idea was almost too ridiculous to contemplate. Three twenty-something meditation teachers, who had spent most of their adult lives wandering around Asia, now stood…
The Middle East’s Festering Wound
Published on Wednesday, October 17, 2001 A few days after the [911] bombings, a former State Department Middle East �expert� in the Clinton Administration was asked the inevitable question by a…
The Terror Koan: American Buddhists contemplate violence
Sept. 2001 The image is seared into our collective consciousness: Buddhist monks setting themselves on fire to protest the war in Vietnam. But as they counsel the nation not to act out of a desire…
“Something Has to Change”: Blacks in American Buddhism
Shambhala Sun, September 2001. Lawrence Pintak tells the compelling stories of three African-American dharma teachers. He asks them why American Buddhism attracts so few people of color and what…
Let the Games Begin: Online games becoming a winning play for advertisers
Internet.com (June 6, 2001) When kids log on to the games page of Nick.com, the web site of the Nickelodeon television network, one of the first things they are likely to encounter is banner ad…
