The first time I arrived in Bangkok, it seemed to have its own logic—or illogic. Gleaming skyscrapers were unevenly spread among low-rise apartments, single-family homes,
The Khmer Rouge tried to stamp out religion in the late 1970s. Monks were forced to disrobe, pick up hoes, and labor in rice
Greek gods and Indian concepts of the universe’s vastness never cease to wow, but- -a look at the Buddha’s footprints in Wat Pho reveals
Salman Khan, in Brave New Words; How AI Will Revolutionize Education (and Why That’s a Good Thing), looks forward to many ways that AI might
After exploring the Ohlone and Miwok worlds on Mt. Diablo’s lower slopes, I ventured to its summit. A lot of Ohlone and Miwok Indians thought
I hiked to Mt. Diablo’s summit two weeks ago, and it was one of the most spiritual hikes I’ve ever done in the SF Bay
After China’s Han dynasty disintegrated in the early third century CE, a succession of warlords became emperor wannabes, but their rules were short lived. Turkic-speaking
A lot of people have heard of Nanjing because of the massacre in 1937-8. But the city has a rich history that goes back
Many people in the Roman Empire by first century CE were looking to metaphysical realms for meaning and well-being. Its magnificent forums left a lot