Can a society that regards books as threats survive? I have my serious doubts, doubts you may share after becoming acquainted with the following story, yet another nail in the coffin of the empire known as America. This tale comes from Southlake, Texas, where many are concerned about the ability
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Politics and its Discontents: Be Careful What You Wish For
Now that the U.S. has announced its land borders will be open to vaccinated Canadians sometime in November, many, especially snowbirds, are exultant. There are, however, numerous reasons to temper that enthusiasm, including the poor rate of full vaccination south of us (only 57%), the ever-present threat of violence, and
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: A Meme For The Times
This particular meme has been around for awhile now. If you haven’t seen it, I think you will agree that it is particularly germane to the times in which we live. And this seems an appropriate accompaniment to the above: H/t Graeme MacKay Recommend this Post
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: This Is Not A Parody
A little something for those Canadians who pine for the re-opening of the border to Amerika. Rarely have I seen such a sterling expression of commitment and leadership: Recommend this Post
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Star Readers Weigh In
I like to regularly post letters-to-the-editor that hit targets concisely and precisely. The following meet those criteria. On the subject of the Pandora Papers, her is what one writer thinks: Naive to think any changes will come of Pandora Papers Toronto Star 10 Oct 2021 Re Opening the Pandora Papers
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: The View From Olympus
As I tried to suggest in my post the other day, rich people really are different from us, and people like Justin Trudeau, part of that rarified group, have no desire to really disrupt their status quo. While it might seem reductionist, in my view that fact goes a
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Just A Quick Note
If you saw yesterday’s post, you might want to go back to it for some updates. The tale is not quite as straightforward as originally reported, but, I think, still quite indicative of the fraught society known as America. Recommend this Post
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: You Can’t Keep A Good Man Down
…especially a man like restauranteur Jody Pendleton, who so loves his freedom that he exercised it by firing all of the staff from his four eateries who have been vaccinated against Covid-19. God bless Amerika. Recommend this Post
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: They Really Are Different From The Rest Of Us
H/t de Adder Canada Justin Trudeau has rightly earned severe criticism for his holiday in Tofino on National Truth and Reconciliation Day. However, in my view there is another very important story here as well, one that imparts a lesson we would all do well to bear in mind,
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Some Sunday Wisdom From A Social Seer
To borrow from Ben Jonson’s accolade about Shakespeare, George Carlin was “not of an age, but for all time.” A man not afraid to shake the tree of complacency, he saw things that so many of us either don’t see or are afraid to acknowledge. Yesterday, he was trending on
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Defiance Comes With A Cost
One of the things that riles me more than most is the absolute zeal with which the anti-vaxxers embrace their cause. Call it truculence, call it misplaced zeal, call it whatever you will, their willfully ignorant stance ignores the facts of Covid-19 and its very effective Kryptonite, the vaccines themselves.
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Thought For The Day
Amen. Recommend this Post
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Pardon My Obsession
If you have grown weary of my regular posts about the willful ignorance and stupidity of the anti-vaxxers and anti-maskers, please skip the following. A Texas bar and grill does not hold with those timid citizens who insist on wearing masks. Apparently, the patronage of Hang Time is limited to
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Not So Special After All
Given their passionate intensity, anti-vaxxers must be finding this week’s ruling by the Ontario Human Rights Commission deeply galling. The long and short of it: they are not so special. People who choose not to get the COVID-19 vaccine due to personal preferences or “singular beliefs” do not have a right to accommodations
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Designed To Fail
H/t Theo Moudakis In his column today, Bruce Arthur offers the opinion that Ontario’s vaccine passport is a half-hearted effort by Doug Ford that seems almost designed to fail. …as the Star’s award-winning Rosa Saba reported in one of several essential pieces this week, existing vaccination PDFs can be altered after downloading
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: A Message For Those Who Claim To Be Religious
And if that doesn’t convince you, perhaps this will. Recommend this Post
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: This And That
Too tired to write after a night spent watching election returns, I opt for an easy way out today: the thoughts of others. H/t David Parkins H/t Theo Moudakis H/t Graeme MacKay And on a related theme … Recommend this Post
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: An Inspirational Story
While I am an avid newspaper reader, much of it online (NYT, The Guardian) and one a physical journal (The Toronto Star), I limit my intake of television news to one hour per night, the local news at 6 o’clock and NBC Nightly News or Global National at 6:30. Both
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: And Now, A Word From Lisa Simpson
Oh, that little know-it-all. Recommend this Post
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: My Sentiments Exactly
And in a related development, in Florida, apparently all things are possible. Recommend this Post
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