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Short Bio: Rob Quinn taught Philosophy for ten years at the University of Oklahoma (OU), and the University of Central Oklahoma (UCO). Prior to this he worked as a therapist in an in-residence psychiatric facility for disturbed young children. Rob is a long-term practitioner of Transcendental Meditation. His 16 year-old beloved dog, Topper, died. He loves his cat, Shushima. Presently, Rob is nearing the completion of a book entitled "The Essential Self... A World-maker's Manifesto for Magicians of the Impossible"
(2 comments) SHARE Friday, December 30, 2016 In Plain Sight: The Hidden Double Entendre of John Lennon's "Love"
A year's end love-filled epiphany marking the 36th anniversary of John Lennon's death. Here we dive deep into Lennon's profoundly moving and hauntingly beautiful song "Love," which comes to us as a radical departure from every other love song Lennon ever wrote. Herein it is love itself that is both lover and beloved.
(9 comments) SHARE Friday, January 2, 2015 Christian Christmas Warriors and the Trumped Up War on Christmas -- Part I
There is no war on Christmas. It is those Christians standing in defense against this imaginary onslaught who, through fear, shame, guilt and economic coercion, are infringing on the rights of others to celebrate Christmas however it suits them.
(1 comments) SHARE Saturday, December 6, 2014 The Hidden Double Entendre of John Lennon's "Love"
An examination of the dual meaning running through each verse of John Lennon's song "Love," changing quite dramatically the overall tenor of the entire song.
(14 comments) SHARE Thursday, March 6, 2014 Oh, No! Christians Are Being Persecuted. Again!
Christians are being persecuted and discriminated against because they are not permitted to legally discriminate against gays.
(2 comments) SHARE Monday, December 24, 2012 A Wider Circle of Compassion: The Newtown Massacre and Beyond
Our prime directive and primary desire is always to move beyond existing boundaries. By our very nature we are in the business of expansion, and it is this ever-expanding sense of self that undergirds our growing capacity for empathy and compassion.
(4 comments) SHARE Sunday, June 24, 2012 "Christian" Lies Regarding Prayer In the Military
Millions upon millions of Christian Americans unwittingly and hypocritically offer their sympathetic support to the very conditions that are at the root of the suffering they pray to alleviate.
(25 comments) SHARE Thursday, September 29, 2011 Mirror Mirror On the Wall, Who Are the Most Ruthless Terrorists of Them All?
Most Americans have yet to even acknowledge the ruthless terror America unleashed on Iraq eight years ago. Yet this, too, is America. America at its worst. America taking what was very obviously a great evil and creating from it a far greater evil.
(8 comments) SHARE Sunday, September 11, 2011 RICK PERRY: the MAN BEHIND the MASK
The terrorist threat pales in significance in the face of the threat Rick Perry poses.
(5 comments) SHARE Saturday, July 3, 2010 BP Catastrophe As Metaphor: Those We Elect Don't Give a Crap About Our Interests
The Gulf oil spill was no accident. It's the result of very deliberate decisions made by self-serving, covetous, cold-hearted, predatory, unrestrained, greedy corporate executives; groveling, impotent, bought-and-sold politicians; and servile, ass-kissing regulators.