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Looking For Leaders by Ajitananda Dasa

Apr 1, 1988 | Ajitananda Dasa, The Vedic Observer, Volume-23 Number-04

People want good leaders, Unfortunately, throughout history citizens have been disappointed under the misrule of leaders who were more interested in their own desires than in the welfare of their countrymen. This is certainly the case in our modern age. Recently in... read more

Gravity and the Grave by Kundali Dasa

Apr 1, 1988 | Kundali Dasa, The Vedic Observer, Volume-23 Number-04

Mr. Donald Eckhardt, a United States Air Force geophysicist, has a chance at leaving his mark on the world. From atop a two-thousand-foot TV antenna in Garber, North Carolina, he's been conducting sensitive measurements of gravity, and last fall he had an... read more

Safe Sex? by Dvarakadhisa Devi Dasi

Apr 1, 1988 | Dvarakadhisa Devi Dasi, The Vedic Observer, Volume-23 Number-04

The photographs show men dying of AIDS, the contours of their skeletons accentuated by the black newsprint. How articulately those eyes convey their suffering! Just a few years ago these were young men. Now, in a room of a San Francisco hospice provided for dying AIDS... read more

Beyond Puppy Love by Tivrabhakti Dasa

Feb 1, 1988 | The Vedic Observer, Tivrabhakti Dasa, Volume-23 Number-02&03

A Buffalo, New York, man was recently sentenced to a thirty-day jail term for killing his ten-week-old mixed-breed terrier puppy, making him the first person ever to serve time in the local jail for the death of a domesticated animal. City court judge Michael... read more

It’s Not Funny by Kundali Dasa

Feb 1, 1988 | Kundali Dasa, The Vedic Observer, Volume-23 Number-02&03

When Mikhail Gorbachev's government ran an ad campaign in the Wall Street Journal inviting Western corporations to do business in the Soviet Union, many Americans became convinced about his commitment toglasnost, his openness policy. This action of... read more

Mutable Morality by Dvarakadhisa Devi Dasi

Jan 1, 1988 | Dvarakadhisa Devi Dasi, The Vedic Observer, Volume-23 Number-01

Years ago, my juvenile mind had it all figured out. Good people were those who lived happily within the law, working diligently and honestly, going to church on Sundays, and thinking of their children's future. Bad people, on the other hand, lived in dark places... read more