By Donald B. Ardell - 10.27.13
Introduction
In a lonely secular crusade of an unpromising nature, I produce these Well-Infidel columns in order to associate the largely irrelevant and inconsequential wellness movement (i.e., not really wellness at all - it's still a prevention/risk assessment based endeavor) with the pressing issues of the day. Whenever possible, I employ REAL
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By Mickey Walker-October 27, 2013
Why would Obama seek to extradite Snowden for his revealing American secrets? Did Snowden seek to sell secrets that would harm America and its alliances? Not really. Apparently he was only trying to enlighten a world without much exposure to truth, justice, and purpose. He sought no gain of any kind...
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By Harry Targ on 10.27.13
Continued study and research into the origins of the folk music of various peoples in many parts of the world revealed that there is a world body-a universal body-of folk music based upon a universal pentatonic (five tone) scale. Interested as I am in the universality of (hu)mankind-in the fundamental relationship of all peoples to one another-this...
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By Harry Targ - 10.13.13
The Chilean Song Movement had become so identified with Popular Unity, it had been such a strong factor, emotional, cohesive, inspiring, that the military authorities found it necessary to declare ‘subversive’ even the indigenous instruments, whose beautiful sound had become so full of meaning and inspiration. Together with prohibiting even the mention of Victor’s name, they banned all his music and the music of...
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By Loren Adams, 10.20.13
From the pulpit one October ‘92 Sunday morn, Mom’s pastor proclaimed, “A vote for Democrats is a vote against God.” I remember that day well. Mom visited and shared those choice words of divine revelation – right from the preacher’s horse’s mouth.
But the Okmulgee pastor wasn’t alone. Thousands of churches across the country echoed his words. Then millions of their followers, in turn, voted straight-Republican ticket....
Donald B. Ardell – 10.20.13
Introduction: Desiderata
Max Ehrmann's 1927 Desiderata, like many articles, books, prose poems and plays, made quite an impression when I first encountered it. But, not in a good way - I found the Desiderata annoying. For starters, it’s thick with oxymorons, those maddening links of opposites that literally cancel separate interpretations. Desiderata, by the way, is Latin...
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