Time For Reflection
Just a short note to let you know my posting may be less frequent for the next while. The world is too much with me, so I am planning on…
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It Has Come To This
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has launched a new tip line to encourage the public to report illegal immigration and criminal activity related to undocumented individuals. The hotline,…
Performative, But Not Necessarily Valueless, Politics
While it has limited value and smacks of political theatre, it is, as they say, a good start. Canada, alongside four other countries, is formally sanctioning two Israeli ministers for…
Back From La Belle Province
Travel, as they say, broadens one's perspective, and even though I am getting long in the tooth, I am still open to learning things. One impression I take from our…
Doing Our Part
As part of our 'new' relationship with the United States, Canadians are being encouraged to vacation in our own country rather than spend our dollars in a hostile nation. For…
Life Must Be Simple For The Simple
There are times when one almost envies the simple person who can accept things at face value. For them, there is nothing to see here:Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com· 10hBASH: Is it…
More About Diffeences
In my previous post, I discussed a few of the differences with the U.S. that make Canada the country it is. I contrasted our more welcoming natures with the increasing…
Reflections On Differences
While there is much favourable talk about King Charles' Throne Speech yesterday, from my point of view the most important aspect was his emphasis on Canada as a distinct nation,…
On Moral Injury
A moral injury is a severe stress reaction following the experience of an event or a recurrence of situations that contradict an individual’s moral beliefs. Moral injury is characterized by…
Politicizing Tragedy
I have observed over the years that whenever there is something like a school shooting in the U.S., there are two reactions. The progressive side calls for gun reform; the…
Finally, A Modicum Of Integrity
The images of the carnage in Gaza are hard to look at. Innocent men, women and children maimed and dead are scenes only the deeply depraved could welcome. And the…
A Brave Young Man
I sometimes wonder, had social media existed in its present form when I was teaching, would I have posted as I do today? Would I have been willing to risk…
The Fallout Continues
I admit to taking a certain pleasure in reporting bad news about the U.S. That it is being sanctioned by Canadians for its abysmal treatment of such a reliable trading…
A Demonic Presence
Although I don't believe in him, there are times when I think the devil is alive and well, wielding his chicanery from the White House. While I realize such hyperbolic…
Keeping Up The Pressure
Despite their president's avowals that Canada has nothing the U.S. needs, many Americans are discovering (much to their shock, I'm sure) otherwise. As I have written before, Trump's threats to…
A Chill Comes To The Neigbourhood
That chill would be the one brought by ICE agents, who descended upon a Worcester Massachusetts neighbourhood to arrest an 'undesirable'.Police say two people were arrested when a crowd of…
They Just Don’t Get It
Maybe it's because they are the 'greatest' nation on earth, if not in the entire history of the world (he said sardonically). Perhaps they are eternal optimists, or, more possibly,…
His Genius For All To See
I'm talking about Theo Moudakis here.Recommend this Post
From The Big Leagues
I think Theo Moudakis captures the Canadian zeitgeist here, don't you think?Recommend this Post
Carney’s Promise
Mark Carney has raised people's expectations of what is possible when it comes to nation-building. One of his preeminent promises is the rapid building of much-needed housing. Possibilities abound, and…