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Brian Donohue is the editor and principal writer of the Daily rEvolution weblog (dailyrevolution.net), which has been writing about fundamentalism and corporatism in politics since 2004. He is a counselor and professional consultant who works with private

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Religion & Spirituality > Thoughts on God Does God play dice with the World?: 12 of 16
This computer works, I am told, because of its RAM: Random Access Memory. Is this how I should work, too? Why should my memory's access be random? Can't it make a choice? Can't it make up its mind? The computer's RAM gives it an artificial intelligence. But randomness is the antithesis of intelligence; the denial of meaning.... More..
Computers & Technology > Operating Systems The benefits of Ubuntu, Linux operating system: 7 of 9
Ubuntu Linux released version 7.04 (that's Y / MM, for those of you who care) last Thursday, so I decided to give it a spin on the MacBook, since I already have a solid Linux setup on the Wintel box in MEPIS. First, you should be aware that not everyone's applauding. There have been reports of the dreaded "grub error 18" on ... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Self-Healing Reflections: Guilt: 18 of 23
The Harry Potter stories of J.K. Rowling have a lot more to teach us than typically meets the eye. In the character of Dobby the house-elf, for example, introduced in "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets", I found a rich lesson on the destructive force of guilt within the human psyche. Dobby is introduced to us as "a lit... More..
Computers & Technology > MP3 Players What the success of the iPod says about our society: 5 of 6
100 Million iPods, and how many of them still work? As Donny Rumsfeld would say, it's only a number. But still, an ambivalence-inducing number at that. Let's take an assessment at this milestone. The Good: These tiny little music-playing drives dragged Apple right out of the grave, at a time when Michael Dell, Bill Gates, an... More..
Arts & Humanities > Fantasy & Science Fiction Harry Potter: Theories on what will happen in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: 25 of 29
Dumbledore is indeed alive and will return for more horcrux-hunting in Book 7. To prove it, we at the Daily rEvolution weblog were fortunate to interview the headmaster of Hogwarts School last month. Here's what we heard from the greatest wizard of our time: We live today in a Brave New World, where murder, torture, criminal... More..
Creative Writing > Essays Essays: Desperation: 7 of 8
Love: Beyond Power "To come upon this thing called love you must understand the place of pleasure. A mind that has been trained, sustained in this rotten social conditioning must first free itself before it can talk about love." -J. Krishnamurti, from "Love, Sex, and Pleasure"2 What is it, then, that prevents us from experie... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Speculations & Criticisms Should there be no religion: 48 of 54
As I've said before, those Harry Potter books have a lot more to teach us than meets the eye. But Lord Voldemort as a symbol of institutional religion? I think so. Here's another excerpt from my book, The Tao of Hogwarts: Why is it that the Potter books have so inflamed the followers of certain fundamentalist sects of Christ... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Bush Administration King George? The imperial presidency of George W. Bush: 8 of 9
Bushonomics: A Parable Boy, are you folks ever in for a treat today. You see, I've got this great new accountant that I hired for the upcoming tax season, you know. Southern guy, Yale-educated, smooth as the silver ink on a brand new $20 bill. He spent just a few minutes listening to my financial situation, took note of my c... More..
Computers & Technology > Internet Security & Safety (Other) Investigating the dangers of Myspace: 17 of 19
I've been checking out some of the big social networking sites. You have to begin with MySpace, and wow, was I surprised to find out that the likes of Amber, Jessica, Stephanie, and Emma all wanted to be my friend! They all linked me to an amateur porn site, though the models in there looked pretty professional to me. Porn-a... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Party Politics & Ideology Role of faith in politics: 39 of 42
Sometimes we get so involved in a discussion that we forget what we're talking about, or else we forget that someone new may have just come into the room, who hasn't heard what's gone before or simply has a fresh perspective to bring. It happened to me tonight. A young man I work with, who had read one of my blog posts about... More..