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Thomas Merton and Buddhism Maimon Schwarzschild

First Things has published a fascinating piece about the monk and mystic Thomas Merton and his relation to Buddhism. The article is by William Theodore de Bary, who knew Merton as an undergraduate at Columbia in the late 1930s. de … Continue reading

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No Nhus Maimon Schwarzschild

When I was a kid in the mid-1960s, I laughed immoderately when Ramparts magazine – the slick voice of the New Left – had a jeering piece about Madame Nhu and her family, deposed by a coup in South Vietnam, … Continue reading

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One-Party Media Maimon Schwarzschild

Hugh Hewitt on last week's Obama press conference: Wednesday's press conference may have starred President Obama fresh off his alleged big win on START and DADT, his losses on the Dream Act and the Omnibus spending bill, and the tie … Continue reading

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