Saturday, 31 January 2015

The Buddhist Influence on Wu-Tang in 30 Seconds

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It only takes a few seconds for this to degenerate into an incoherent rant about Earth Day , but during a solid minute of clarity (from 0:30...
Friday, 30 January 2015

The Future Was Here.

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Monday, 12 January 2015

On Learning Chinese (and NOT Learning Chinese) in Western Universities

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Let's say that a team of researchers concluded that it takes 480 hours of instruction for an American student to reach level 1 in Chin...
Sunday, 4 January 2015

Gidinwewin, a new (2011) Ojibwe language textbook

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I thought I would post a review of Gidinwewin (by Roger Roulette,  2011), but the copy of the CD-ROM that arrived with the textbook doesn...
Sunday, 28 December 2014

How the Thais Lost Laos

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Although Thailand may have more freedom of speech than any of the countries it shares a border with, it nevertheless lacks freedom of spe...
Wednesday, 24 December 2014

Mason's Pali Grammar, New for 2015

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If a whole mess of historical anecdotes, grammatical tables, and etymological theories (about a dead language!) sounds like your idea ...
Monday, 22 December 2014

Following up with Prof. Erick White (Buddhism and/or/as/vs. Politics)

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Did you read about this in the J.I.A.B.S.? No? In any other academic journal? There are two messages below: the second one is much m...
Thursday, 18 December 2014

The Brutality of the Cultural Revolution (a Small Reminder)

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Translation by "Nomfood": "One day, while everyone was working in the fields, a class enemy disregarded others and tried...

Another Buddhist Publication Steals Another One of My Articles

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These guys took the time to create an original illustration to accompany the article they stole (i.e., a time-consuming effort, even if in...
Tuesday, 16 December 2014

When Budgets Run Into the Millions

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Britain's House of Lords has been having difficulty reducing its catering budget (ca. 1.3 million pounds); part of the problem, it wa...