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1984 Revisited by Suhotra Swami, Drutakarma Dasa, Mathuresa Dasa

Jan 1, 1984 | Drutakarma Dasa (Michael A. Cremo), Mathuresa Dasa, Suhotra Swami, The Vedic Observer, Volume-19 Number-01

Happy New Year! Thirty-six years ago George Orwell selected this year's date as the title of his novel of ominous social prophecy. In his vision, the nations of the world of 1984 would form three superstates, pitted against one another in constant war. Winston... read more

Watts So Funny? by Drutakarma Dasa

Dec 1, 1983 | Drutakarma Dasa (Michael A. Cremo), The Vedic Observer, Volume-18 Number-12

Secretary of the Interior James Watt was forced to resign because of some unfortunate remarks he made about his appointees to a national coal commission. His panel had, he said, "every kind of mix you can have. I have a black, I have a woman, two Jews, and a... read more

A Fish Out of Water by Drutakarma Dasa

Nov 1, 1983 | Drutakarma Dasa (Michael A. Cremo), Uncategorized, Volume-18 Number-11

When you're out of your element, nothing seems to satisfy. For years, Frederick J. Fish lived a very ordinary life beneath the waves of the blue Pacific Ocean off Malibu. But one day he noticed that up on the beach there were finless creatures who appeared to... read more

Jumping to Conclusions by Drutakarma Dasa

Apr 1, 1983 | Drutakarma Dasa (Michael A. Cremo), Science: The Vedic View, Volume-18 Number-04

The Philosophy of Dr. Frog A look at the limitations of our mind and senses. There was once a community of frogs living in a well near the Atlantic Ocean. None of them had ever been out of the well, so they knew nothing of the outside world. Then one day a... read more

Employment In the Service of Krsna by Drutakarma dasa

Dec 1, 1982 | Drutakarma Dasa (Michael A. Cremo), The Vedic Observer, Volume-17 Number-12

When a philosophy works, its followers have work also. The ad in Miami-area newspapers promised eighteen construction jobs at a site in Coral Gables. Two hundred hopeful unemployed workers rushed that morning to the address, which turned out to be a vacant lot.... read more

For a New Kind of Social Security by Drutakarma Dasa

Oct 1, 1982 | Drutakarma Dasa (Michael A. Cremo), The Vedic Observer, Volume-17 Number-10

Social Security payments top $200 billion a year, yet old people still feel insecure. Why? "America's grandpas are now mugging their young." That's how English economist Norman Macrae describes the present state of this country's Social Security... read more