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Gary Gach
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Gary Gach is the author of The Complete Idiot's Guide to Buddhism (Nautilus Award) and editor of What Book!? Buddha Poems from Beat to Hiphop (American Book Award). His work has appeared in such magazines and anthologies as AsianArt.com, BuddhaDharma, Harvard Divinity Bulletin, Inquiring Mind, Language for a New Century, The New Yorker, Shambhala Sun, Technicians of the Sacred, Tricycle, Veterans of War Veterans of Peace, Whole Earth Review, and Yoga Journal.

Works by Gary Gach
"I should have told her to divorce him": The Rob Porter...
Gary Gach | February 10, 2018
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Remind me why Mormons hang out with the Religious Right?
Gary Gach | December 10, 2017
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Mia Love Is Running Scared
Gary Gach | December 09, 2017
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The Evening Redness in Alabama: Roy Moore and Cormac...
Gary Gach | December 07, 2017
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Elders Ballard & Anderson Confront the Nationalist Plague
Gary Gach | October 02, 2017
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Elder Cook's Anti-Trump Smackdown
Gary Gach | September 30, 2017
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What Elder Oaks Didn’t Say: The Role of Spouses and...
Gary Gach | September 30, 2017
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Trump’s Pharisaical Flag Fetishizing
Gary Gach | September 24, 2017
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Trump Disrespects the Flag More than Kaepernick
Gary Gach | September 24, 2017
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"When Keeping It Real Goes Wrong". . . at Church
Gary Gach | September 22, 2017
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Fahrenheit 2016
Gary Gach | September 15, 2017
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Trump Cabinet Meeting: Rameumpton Edition
Gary Gach | September 14, 2017
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“They Were [Not] Still His Brethren in the Lord”
Gary Gach | September 13, 2017
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Sayyid Qutb in America: An Unwitting Fusion of Sartre and...
Gary Gach | September 11, 2017
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Is Christianity a Violent Faith?
Gary Gach | September 10, 2017
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When Americans Forced Muslims to “Immigrate” to the U.S.
Gary Gach | September 04, 2017
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A Standard for Removing Offensive Statues: A Resort to...
Gary Gach | September 04, 2017
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Want to Defeat the Alt-Right? Embrace Cultural...
Gary Gach | September 01, 2017
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“Men Will Be Punished for Their Own Sins”
Gary Gach | August 31, 2017
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Cliven Bundy and Mosiah 9: “Overzealous to Inherit the...
Gary Gach | August 29, 2017
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Terminating NAFTA: Lessons from Ninth-Century Nuns
Gary Gach | August 28, 2017
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Trump Fiddles While Texas Floods
Gary Gach | August 27, 2017
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The Overlooked Victims of Trump’s Arpaio Pardon: Police...
Gary Gach | August 27, 2017
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Far from the Tree: George Romney’s Granddaughter Forsakes...
Gary Gach | August 25, 2017
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Trump’s Middle Finger to a Mormon Judge
Gary Gach | August 23, 2017
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Steve Bannon, Meet Amlici
Gary Gach | August 19, 2017
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Trump's Confederate Nostalgia: Rooted in Georgia History?
Gary Gach | August 18, 2017
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Confederate Treason is Not My Culture
Gary Gach | August 17, 2017
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Wrestling with Hate in the Church
Gary Gach | August 16, 2017
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President Trump to James E. Faust – What’s in It for Me?
Gary Gach | August 15, 2017
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Once There Was a Snowman . . . in the White House
Gary Gach | August 15, 2017
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People of the South, Tear Down Those Statues!
Gary Gach | August 13, 2017
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The First Mormon(ish) Prime Minister?
Gary Gach | August 10, 2017
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Hands Off That Red Button: Mormon Views of Nuclear Weapons
Gary Gach | August 09, 2017
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The Mormons Who Tortured and the Perils of “Patriotism”
Gary Gach | August 08, 2017
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The One-Marshmallow Presidency
Gary Gach | July 07, 2017
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Confederate Symbols and the Black Flag of ISIS: Two Sides...
Gary Gach | June 16, 2017
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Trump and NATO: Lessons from Ancient Greece
Gary Gach | May 31, 2017
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America Needs Mitt Romney
Gary Gach | May 26, 2017
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First-Order Myopia: What Donald Trump Can Learn from...
Gary Gach | April 21, 2017
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Trump Should Learn from Andrew Jackson: Keep Church Out of...
Gary Gach | April 06, 2017
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The Anti-Trump General Conference
Gary Gach | April 02, 2017
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The Casual Sexism in Trump’s Condolences to Theresa May
Gary Gach | March 25, 2017
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A Hillbilly, a Professor, and a Mormon Mayor Walk into a...
Gary Gach | March 20, 2017
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Mormons and Free Trade
Gary Gach | March 11, 2017
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What Vox got wrong about Jon Huntsman
Gary Gach | March 11, 2017
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Oaks vs. Oaks: First Cousins and LDS General Authorities...
Gary Gach | March 06, 2017
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If Thomas Friedman were Mormon . . .
Gary Gach | March 05, 2017
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A Chastened Chaffetz Should Learn from Mo Udall
Gary Gach | February 12, 2017
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Why I'm Fasting for Hillary Clinton
Gary Gach | November 05, 2016
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Trump's Threat to Mormons
Gary Gach | August 13, 2016
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A Future Is Possible: Buddhism in the West
Gary Gach | July 01, 2015
As Buddhism evolves in the West, we might consider how invested in the past the East has......
NOTES FROM A TIDEPOOL : Mindfulness & Compassion
Gary Gach | June 20, 2015
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Quietude: 'Tis a Gift to Be Silent
Gary Gach | February 16, 2015
There's a slow, steady progression across the eight chapters — from noise to......
A Deep Bow and a Smile: for Thich Nhat Hanh
Gary Gach | December 02, 2014
From Thich Nhat Hanh I have learned that for there to be peace in the world, there must......
Like a Mother and Her Only Child: Gender and Inclusivity
Gary Gach | August 13, 2014
We need to back up to view gender beyond hierarchies or dualism, and thus consider......
A Zen Monk's Letter to Adam Lanza
Gary Gach | December 29, 2012
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OPEN LETTER : Taking a Stand Against Islamaphobia
Gary Gach | August 01, 2012
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Wake Up ! Tour : Mindfulness for Young People ( 17 – 35)
Gary Gach | April 12, 2012
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What If You Knew You Had Only 10l,000 Days Left To Live?
Gary Gach | March 24, 2012
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Updates to the Now
Gary Gach | April 12, 2011
Editor McLeod delineates Buddhism's uniqueness: nontheistic, concerned with mind rather......
Can Poetry Heal the Planet
Gary Gach | March 21, 2011
"As texts for spoken word, Stephen Levine's poems kindle higher consciousness. Aloud,......
The Morning Star
Gary Gach | December 23, 2010
At the moment of solstice, however it comes, with or without heavenly messenger, we hear......
Solstice : light in darkness
Gary Gach | December 22, 2010
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UNDER THE SAME SKY
Gary Gach | November 05, 2010
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To Be Continued: An Editorial Introduction to The Future...
Gary Gach | July 05, 2010
As preface or afterword, random notes from the editor of the Future of Buddhism....
Awakening from Violence
Gary Gach | June 17, 2010
Teachings of Vietnamese Buddhist pacifist Thich Nhat Hanh can awaken us to the nature of......
The Rite Stuff: Variations on the Theme of Ritual
Gary Gach | June 01, 2010
What role does ritual play in contemporary Western Buddhism? Might such understanding......
Coming of Age as Training for Life: Rites of Passage
Gary Gach | June 01, 2010
Mindfulness can furnish a trustworthy perspective on growing up, and a good tool for......
A Science of Body/Heart/Mind as One
Gary Gach | May 20, 2010
Cognitive science, like Buddhism, is an art of awakening to What Is....
Various Paths, One Dharma
Gary Gach | May 13, 2010
Here's a primer on some basic schools of practice popular in the West. Whether you drink......
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