Way is beyond language, for in it there is no yesterday, no tomorrow, no today. ERIC MART Miami American Buddhism is a frightening thought. If Buddhism couldn't withstand the changes made to it as it moved from India to China to Japan, imagine what's going to happen when Americans get their hands on it. Maybe we can work it out so we can meditate sitting in the recliner while watching a video of Steven Seagal beating the crap out of somebody. An estimated 2 million to 4 million women each year are beaten by their male partners.
Reproductive freedom is under relentless, often violent attack.
And now a feel-good group like the Promise Keepers calls for men to assert their power in the family and society. As Shakespeare would put it, surely they protest too much. In my 1996 book, The Cuban Missile Crisis, I pointed out that Kennedy was in fact hawkish at the start of the missile crisis. On Oct. 16, the first day of the crisis, Kennedy made it clear in meetings with advisers that he needed to respond militarily to the Soviet missile deployment. Ultimately, Kennedy endorsed the blockade option, rather than military strikes, after being persuaded by Robert Kennedy and Robert McNamara to abandon the military alternative that he initially preferred.