Tag: buddhism
How the Dalai Lama is chosen and why China wants to...
Brooke Schedneck, Rhodes College
The 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, the spiritual leader of Tibet, is turning 84 on July 6. With his advancing age,...
What is behind the turkey pardoning ritual?
Tobin Miller Shearer, The University of Montana
President Donald Trump presided over presidential turkey pardoning, a ritual that has been in place since 1989, when...
What is behind the turkey pardoning ritual?
Tobin Miller Shearer, The University of Montana
Since 1989, when President George H. W. Bush first formally instituted the practice, U.S. presidents have pardoned a...
