[25 Jan 2010 | No Comment | ]
Thomas Merton on Peace, War and Love

I have learned that an age in which politicians talk about peace is an age in which everybody expects war: the great men of the earth would not talk of peace so much if they did not secretly believe it possible, with one more war, to annihilate their enemies forever. Always, “after just one more war” it will dawn, the new era of love: but first everybody who is hated must be eliminated. For hate, you see, is the mother of their kind of love.
Unfortunately the love that is to …

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[3 May 2010 | No Comment | ]
Music Monday 05/03/2010

Selections for #MusicMonday, week of 05/03/2010. Follow me on Twitter at @Brocktologist. Music from Agustus Pablo, Body Language, Sia, Diplo, Erup, Little Francisco Greaves, Mungo’s HiFi, Poirier, Sammy Bananas, Sia, Top Cat and Yolandabecool.

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[24 Feb 2010 | No Comment | ]
Hands

Hands on the railway in Vancouver.

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[24 Feb 2010 | No Comment | ]
Love Makes Love

Drugs Create Thugs, Guns Kill Sons, Love Makes Love. The choice is yours.

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[23 Feb 2010 | No Comment | ]
International Herb Volume One

After toying around with the idea for a few days (and numerous requests from many of you) I’ve decided to put together a series of reggae mixtapes. Here is the first installment, International Herb Volume One. Rather than making this a DJ-mix type thing, I’ve opted for simply compiling a few of my favorite songs, one after another, in an effort to focus completely on the individual tracks. I think it flows quite nice. Enjoy! Bless!

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[23 Feb 2010 | No Comment | ]
Perspective on Hijab

Heba Suleiman, a psychology junior and Muslim Student Association president elect at the University of Kentucky, talks about her hijab and what it means to her as a woman and as a Muslim.