Today, the WFB stands at a considerable distance from both that historical context and the spirit that originally animated its creation. Read: t.co/22XoXlohTE

As Eugene Ford documents in Cold War Monks, these early Buddhist internationalist projects were deeply shaped by the geopolitical currents of the Cold War, yet they nonetheless carried a clear sense of purpose and moral ambition.

Founded in the 1950s under the vision of Professor Gunapala Malalasekera, the WFB once served as a principled platform for Buddhist solidarity and international engagement.

Many US organizations are beginning to comply quietly with authoritarian pressures. The most serious threat to US democracy, however, is not overt repression but the gradual demobilization of citizens.(2/2)

All the burdens on Ukraine while expects nothing meaningful from Russia, the proposal reads less like an effort to end a war and more like a geopolitical carve-up dressed in diplomatic language, just a blend of great-power indulgence and transactional opportunism. (2/2)

Another poll published by Gallup shows a growing distrust of both the Democratic and Republican parties- see here : bit.ly/4qqfa23 - Dear Americans - Pls get your act together - you are dragging the rest of us down... (2/2)

2. 'Otherwise,' this clinician explained, 'I would have had to hire actors and write vignettes." bit.ly/46Um6M1