/lit/ - Literature

So another typical buddhist thread.

What's "better" Zen or Taoism? What are some good books in both topics?

>>2030224
This un?

In light of his account, the argument made by the apologists for NATO expansion -- that the United States was entitled to carry it out because Soviet leaders never received a written promise that it would not take place -- can be seen as the travesty of basic American principles that it is. Neither the founders of the United States nor those who led it through the trials of the next two centuries ever intended their country to behave like a dishonest businessman whose word cannot be trusted unless it is formally embedded in an ironclad legal contract.

Matlock writes on the basis of 35 years as an active participant in making and carrying out foreign policy. Giulio Gallarotti's perspective, by contrast, is that of an observer. Gallarotti is a professor of government at Wesleyan University, and The Power Curse is written in academic style for other academics.

Its title echoes a phenomenon familiar to economists: the resource curse. This is the perverse tendency for a large endowment of a valuable resource -- usually oil -- to make a country poorer by stunting the development of the institutions necessary for a productive economy and by boosting the value of the country's currency, thereby harming its exports. Gallarotti asserts that a large endowment of power has a comparable effect, leading its possessor to adopt policies that weaken it

>>544398
Im pretty sure when someone looks at my resume, and see's that ive traveled the world, and have a degree( Im also fluent 4 languages,working on my 5th), they would be interested.

About the birth defects, I guess only time will tell.

>>544392
I guess I just have a strong inner child, and use my inner child heart to fuel my dreams, is that so wrong?