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Hate Speech Says More About the Hater than the Hated

Posted on July 7, 2021 by Lee — 4 Comments

“You’re a baby!” “I know you are, but what am I?” “You’re stupid!” “I know you are, but what am I?” “You’re a jerk!” “I know you are, but what am I?” Not exactly an adult conversation. But there’s a…

Tagged with: hate speech, homophobia, homosexuality, love your enemies, racism, sexism, xenophobia
Posted in Current Events

Cancel Culture: The Young and the Rootless

Posted on October 9, 2020 by Lee — 8 Comments

Cancel culture. Its supporters see it as a way for marginalized people who previously had no voice to make their voice heard against the rich and powerful people who have oppressed them in the past, and continue to oppress them…

Tagged with: cancel culture, John Muir, justice, oppression, race relations, racial politics, racism, Sierra Club
Posted in Current Events

Black Lives Matter

Posted on August 20, 2020 by Lee — 44 Comments

Here at Spiritual Insights we have watched with concern the debate raging in the United States over the saying “Black Lives Matter.” For many years we’ve been appalled by the systemic abuse of the police power against our black and…

If the Second Coming has Already Happened, When do Things Start Getting Better?

Posted on June 26, 2019 by Lee — 30 Comments

Here is a Spiritual Conundrum submitted to Spiritual Insights for Everyday Life by a reader named Stan: I hear you say that the second coming or apocalypse has already happened? My question is, when will the world start getting better?…

Tagged with: crime, homicide rates, murder, murder rates, poverty, racism, South Africa, The New Jerusalem, the Second Coming, violence
Posted in Current Events, Pain and Suffering

“Get Out of My Country”? Whose Country Is It, Anyway?

Posted on March 9, 2017 by Lee — 4 Comments

“Get out of my country!” That’s what a distraught and rather drunk man shouted just before he shot three people in a bar in Olathe, Kansas on February 22, 2017. Two of the men he shot were skilled engineers from…

Is Racism Equal-Opportunity?

Posted on November 28, 2014 by Lee — Leave a comment

I recently received an email asking these general questions: Why are whites held to a different standard than other races when it comes to racism? If people of other races can celebrate their own race, and form organizations based on…

Power Corrupts? Absolutely Not. Arrogance Corrupts Power.

Posted on September 30, 2014 by Lee — 4 Comments

The issue of white privilege and black disadvantage has lately gained much-needed attention in American and international media due especially to: The fatal shooting of Trayvon Martin by neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman in Sanford, Florida, on February 26, 2012,…

Nelson Mandela 1918-2013: From Revolution to Reconciliation

Posted on December 7, 2013 by Lee — 3 Comments

We are pleased to dedicate our 100th post here on Spiritual Insights for Everyday Life to the memory of Nelson Mandela, who died this Thursday, December 5, at the age of 95. In his younger years, Mandela gained notoriety as…

Paula Deen’s Secrets: The Inner Self Revealed

Posted on June 27, 2013 by Lee — 7 Comments

Paula Deen has been outed again. This time it’s literally a show-stopper. Last year the queen of rich, sweet, buttery Southern cooking outed herself: she suffers from type 2 diabetes, which is linked to the very kinds of foods she…

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