Since most of us no longer attend Sunday services, we do not benefit from wise, well-considered homilies. The following advice from the philosopher Bertrand Russell in 1959 resonates now more than ever, and would be a welcome message from most pulpits today, except, of course, from the hatemongering and crazed
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Politics and its Discontents: See No Evil
The evil would be the visibility of homeless people. The ‘solution‘ that had been sought by Barrie City Council was an odious bylaw that would have outlawed individuals giving food, drink and other succour for those living on the streets. Essentially, it was a “don’t feed the wildlife” approach,
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Where Is He Now?
Were you to go down the right-hand side panel of this blog, you would see that Pat Robertson appears in 30 past posts. That I did not acknowledge his recent passing is attributable more to the fact that I’ve been busy lately rather than to a loss of interest in the crazed old evangelical,
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Adding Fuel
In the debased species known as humanity, it perhaps is not surprising that the very wildfires consuming us have become fuel for yet more deranged people and their ‘theories’. Here are two of my favourite examples of our ongoing slide into social, political and spiritual senescence: The embers of one
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: A Lesson For All Of Us
Some ‘religious’ people will undoubtedly find this teaching from Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez hard to accept. Republicans have good reason to fear this woman, because her ability to cut through their BS is a master class in the art of political engagement. She absolutely understands how to sell a values driven argument
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: York Board Faces Backlash
The recent refusal of the York Catholic School Board to raise the Pride flag has generated a great deal of controversy. The childish and intolerant behaviour demonstrated by board officials, prelates and parents cries out for redress. Happily, Toronto Star readers are keen to provide some solid suggestions, the
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: No Pride In York
Although I make no claim to psychic powers, I can pretty safely predict someone who will soon lose her job. Her name is Dina Mayr, a teacher in the York Catholic District School Board. Ms. Mayr, a 23-year teacher with the board, has taken public exception to York’s refusal
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: AI: Threat To Humanity, Or Its Saviour?
You decide, but I’m thinking that if ChatGPT could get a senior diplomatic posting, it could help avert disaster. (If you have trouble reading the text, please click on the above link and expand the test there.) Recommend this Post
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: To Live In Ignorance
I am beginning to think that those who travel to Florida to live or play are either living in ignorance or engaged in some sort of massive cognitive dissonance. How else to explain the fact that it is is the fastest-growing state in the Union, despite the existential threats it
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Psst! Got Any Extra Kerosene?
I know of a state that would gladly accept your contribution. And should presidential-hopeful DeSantis secure the high office, expect conflagrations throughout The ‘Union’ that will rival their worst wildfires. Recommend this Post
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Where The Sun No Longer Shines
That would be the so-called Sunshine State, Florida, under the heavy hand of its governor and apparent presidential aspirant, Ron DeSantis. Things are becoming so repressive there that a
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: The Face Of Pain
Pain, both physical and mental, comes in many forms; not all instances are remediable, but some are, if we really put our minds to it. The following video is of an American vet whose (mis)treatment by the Veterans Administration (VA) has only aggravated the problems he brought back from battle.
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: When They Start Talking About Ideologies And Agendas
… you generally know where they are coming from. “We must protect our children from sexual grooming and pedophilia. The sexualization agenda is robbing children of their innocence.” “I am a very concerned person who has done research on the subject of the LGBTQ ideology” . Thus spaketh Lorraine Hackenschmidt, described
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Things Could Be Worse
These days, I take my comforts wherever I can find them. In contemplating the state of my province, Ontario, under the administration of the Doug Ford government, I’m deriving some small solace in the fact that there is a jurisdiction even more ineptly led: Alberta. The Breakdown @TheBreakdownAB WOW! Smith’s presser
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: A PSA From The FBI
I can’t imagine living in a country where this kind of Public Service Announcement is necessary. And on a slightly different note, we now know why “thoughts and prayers” aren’t working. Recommend this Post
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: A Brief Programming Note
I have been a bit under the weather for the past few days, a bit of a virus that repeated testing has shown is not COVID. (Whew!) I have also begun work on a new writing project that includes some research, so I expect for the next little while
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Demons Among Us
H/t MacKay History teaches us that the capacity to demonize ‘the other’ seems almost limitless. Whether it be the Jew, the Black, the Roma, the Indigenous, or any other group, there will always be those who find people unfit to be members of society. Hence the role of propaganda, allegations
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: By Any Other Name
Perhaps it is because I experienced a small amount of peer-bullying as a student. Perhaps it is because I experienced a large amount of both physical and psychological abuse from my teachers, as did many of my fellow students. It was, after all, the Catholic school system, where mistreatment was
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Getting Things Done
Those who prize quick decisions and action will no doubt applaud the likes of the Doug Ford government. As pointed out in my previous post, the premier and his coterie are not very often burdened
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