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Inviting Spokane to meditate together on June 22

Once a month, on the third Friday at 8 p.m., a group of people in Spokane use the downtown triangle to meditate or pray. Many cities in the world have started similar recurring “meditation flash mobs”.

The book that changed the world

That book was "De Rerum Natura," or "On the Nature of Things," by the ancient Roman writer Lucretius. It was a book of poetry, but also a work of science and philosophy.

Lady Gaga supports the status quo

Beauty, the source of art for the classic aesthetics, has been replaced by an aesthetic of shock. Like a horror movie that uses a popping out hand to scare the audience, the art of shock surprises with outrage in the moment.

Why is there an unequal distribution of wealth?

The power is given to someone to confiscate the wealth of every American, wealth in savings, investments and retirement funds.

Spokane needs volunteers to help the mentally ill

Where to begin with mental illness? I thought every adult at least knew a little about the problem and could relate in some way to the issue.

Get in, Ginny Owens is driving

Ginny Owens has always driven her own music, and in her latest album “Get In, I’m Driving,” she’s in the driver’s seat again. It actually came out in the Fall of 2011, but I missed it.

The intent of the Founding Fathers and the dangers of socialism, part 4

Early on a piecemeal transformation, rooted in socialism, began in order to establish a utopian society. The English playwright and poet Oscar Wilde lauded a societal utopia

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