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KAYU Bamboo Sunglasses: Look Cool, Support Sustainability, Give the Gift of Sight. »

In wearing KAYU sunglasses, you don’t need to make an appearance on ecorazzi to feel like an eco-minded star. Designer Jamie Lim’s shades are…

Book review: The Way of the Buddha: The Illustrated Dhammapada »

This book from Harry N. Abrams books, is an absolutely gorgeous presentation of the complete text of F. Max Muller's 1881 translation of the…

Mao, Stalin, Hitler: they’re back in style. [NYT] »

With Russia strolling about Georgia, Zimbabwe going nuts, Bush detaining POWs off our territory so they won't be allowed basic America rights to trial,…

Barack Smackdown: “This is serious business. Instead of running ads about Britney & Paris, they should go talk to some energy experts.” »

I'm 34. I can hardly remember Reagan, or Bush the First, and I don't try too hard. I liked President Clinton, but that man…

Candle4Tibet, Phill Bartell & Olympic protests: China’s headache persists. »

In case you missed it, the Candle4Tibet light protest was last night at the Boulder County Courthouse on Pearl St. The ceremony was one…

Nicholas D. Kristof’s Plan for a Freeish Tibet Actually Makes Sense. »

Read and cross your fingers—it's something that might make both sides happy, imagine! Excerpt: Tibet is one of the major shadows over the Olympics…

tibet108@hotmail.com? Bill Gates says no dice. »

Here's the article. No, not there, here. Read the comments—they're almost better.…

Red Olympics Torch Relay ends with a Final, Brave, Futile (?) Protest. »

Bird’s Nest Banner Action - Aug. 6, 2008    BBC reports that four foreignershave been arrested in Beijing for scaling 120-foot light poles and unfurling 140…

Bjork “breaks Chinese law.” Tibet, Tibet! Won’t be invited to sing @ Chinese Olympics. »

She starred at 2004's Olympics in Athens: …

It’s almost like China around here: Tibet has Vanished from the News. »

Long forgotten: the Goddess of LIberty at the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989. ~ Only a couple of months after the international protests of the…

Light a Candle 4 Tibet: August 7th. »

Light for Tibet in the 24 hours preceding the Olympic Games. THE SAD SMOKY MOUNTAINS & skyscrapers join Candle for Tibet campaign will ignite…

McCain meets with Dalai Lama in Aspen…and gets heat 4 it from Republicans. »

From the Wall St. Journal: McCain Meets With Dalai Lama as Olympics Near Talks Bring China To the Forefront;  Distance From Bush By ELIZABETH HOLMES in Denver, JOHN…

Review: Why the Dalai Lama Matters: His Act of Truth as the Solution for China, Tibet, and the World »

Review: Why the Dalai Lama Matters: His Act of Truth as the Solution for China, Tibet, and the World Professor Robert Thurman The day…

Robert Thurman does Miami. This Wednesday, he’ll ‘do’ Boulder. »

Check out the video and article. He discusses...no surprise...why the Dalai Lama matters (that's the title of his new book). The answer might seem easy…

Robert Thurman: Why the Dalai Lama Matters @ Tibet House in NYC. »

The first few seconds aside (I actually know Ravenna, the American Buddhist songstress), this talk (from Bob's book tour launch event at Tibet House in…

Robert Thurman featured in NY Times Sunday Magazine. »

Readallaaboudit. (Professor Robert Thurman, father of Uma, will headline our upcomin' elevision at the Boulder Theater).…

US apes Communist Chinese torture techniques (on US soldiers) in Korea that elicited many false confessions. »

You know you're on the wrong path when: 1) you're a Democracy but... 2) your military is teaching Chinese Communist torture techniques (used on…

A chilling look at the DMZ between North and South Korea »

  And to think we went after Saddam Hussein instead of these formation marching folks... [via vice.com]…

IOC may scrap Beijing Olympic torch relay over protests »

VIA THE TIMES ONLINE The International Olympic Committee may scrap the international leg of the Beijing Olympic torch relay as a result of the…











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  • The Dhamma Brothers: East meets West in the Deep South

    The Dhamma Brothers: East meets West in the Deep South