In a world increasingly obsessed with Imperial Dreams, we must remember the cost of those dreams. Image: Saugeen Times
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THE FIFTH COLUMN: Remembrance Day and Righteous Wars
When I was growing up in the 1950s and 1960s Remembrance Day was a very solemn occasion. There were still a lot of World War II veterans participating and even some from World War I, as well as veterans from the Korean War (sometimes referred to as a “police action)”.
Continue readingSusan on the Soapbox: Thoughts on Danielle Smith’s Latest Comment
When is a person old enough to know better? I ask because Danielle Smith was 50 when she said 75% of the public who took the covid vaccine would support a tyrant like Hitler. She also said she wasn’t wearing a poppy because the politicians “ruined it for me this
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Of course dinosaurs and humans never co-existed – dinosaurs went extinct 65 million years before humans developed, and the CBC knows it, as do all paleontologists. But no scientist wants to put their job on the line with our nutty right-wing government over such a stupid issue, just because the
Continue readingAlberta Politics: Evidence suggests U.S. conservatives have given up on democracy — can Canada’s Cons be far behind?
Yesterday was Martinstag in Germany. I suppose if you think about it, it’s St. Martin’s Day here in Canada, too. Armistice Day 1918, how the end of World War I was told to Canadians. The occasion is said to be quite popular with children, with lots of colourful lanterns, costumes
Continue readingScripturient: Remembrance Day thoughts
An article on the Global News site titled “Fewer Canadians plan to wear poppies this Remembrance Day, poll finds” made me think again about what Remembrance Day is for. The article opens: Fewer people plan to participate in Remembrance Day ceremonies or wear poppies this year, according to a poll
Continue readingNorthern Reflections: Remembrance Day 2020
Today’s ceremony at the cenotaph in our town will be different. It’ll be scaled back. There will be fewer people — all wearing masks. And it will be shorter than usual. COVID has changed everything. Nonetheless, we need to remember, in a world with far too many demagogues, that we
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Remembrance Day – What was done for Peace
Music for a thoughtful day. Da pacem Domine Da pacem Domine is the incipit of two different Latin texts, a hymn and an introit. Both have been the base for compositions to be used in church liturgy, beginning with chant. Paraphrased versions of the hymn were created by Martin
Continue readingThe Maple Monarchists - Blog: The Royal Veterans
As people around the world commemorate Remembrance Day we remember the sacrifices and bravery of our armed forces. The fact I can sit at my computer in rural New Brunswick and write this article without any fear of attack is in large part because of them. That this could easily be different reminds me that
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We live in a culture which exalts in self promotion. Self sacrifice is not a popular meme. It’s never been popular. But sometimes it’s necessary. It’s that necessity which we remember today. Image: (John Woods/Canadian Press)
Continue readingSusan on the Soapbox: Two Minutes on Novermber 11th
Today is the 100th anniversary of the end of hostilities in the Great War. Canadians will mark this day as they have for the last century with two minutes* of silence. We will remember the 61,000 men and women who died in uniform, most of whom are buried overseas in
Continue readingNorthern Reflections: On This Remembrance Day
Today marks the one hundredth anniversary of the end of The Great War. It was supposed to be the war to end all wars. And it’s true that, since 1945, there have been no world wars. But there have been plenty of proxy wars — in Korea, in Vietnam and
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It’s at this time of the year, as we approach Remembrance Day, that I think most about my family, especially those who have died. I wish I had known when I was younger what I know today, so I could have asked them more about their lives, and about their
Continue readingIn This Corner: Stuff Still Happens, week 45: President Homer Simpson
As always, The Simpsons predicted the future. In a season 9 episode called Trash of the Titans, Homer runs for sanitation commissioner against career civil servant Ray Patterson, voiced by Steve Martin. At one point, Homer gets into a shouting match with Patterson, and threatens to run for commissioner. “Wanna
Continue readingdaveberta.ca – Alberta Politics: Thinking of my grandfather, the Canadian Army Engineer
On the eve of Remembrance Day I am thinking of my maternal grandfather, Lawrence Anthony Bradley, who served as an engineer with the Canadian Army in England during the Second World War. Born in Timmins, Ontario, on Nov. 6, 1917, he… Continue Reading →
Continue readingdaveberta.ca – Alberta Politics: Thinking of my grandfather, the Canadian Army Engineer
On the eve of Remembrance Day I am thinking of my maternal grandfather, Lawrence Anthony Bradley, who served as an engineer with the Canadian Army in England during the Second World War. Born in Timmins, Ontario, on Nov. 6, 1917, he… Continue Reading →
Continue readingWritings of J. Todd Ring: Lest We Forget: Reflections On Remembrance Day, Veterans Day, and the Current Corporate Assault on Freedom and Democracy Around the World
The 21st century was the most violent and murderous period in human history to date. And with our current direction, the 21st century may well surpass it in violence and war. Have we forgotten the lessons of the past, or have we yet to learn them? Worse yet, not only
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CBC Digital Archives Thirty-six years ago, Canada opened its doors to a flood of refugees from Vietnam. Tim Harper writes on this Remembrance Day: Scott Mullin was 22 and barely out of Carleton University when the Star headlined a March 5, 1979, piece about him —
Continue readingAlberta Politics: In Flanders Fields? It’s time to encourage another generation of school kids to read some better poems from the Great War
PHOTOS: In Flanders Fields? The reality of the Great war’s battlefields: squalor, incompetence, mechanized industrial death. Below: John McCrae, and a Great War poet still worth reading, Wilfred Owen. A civilization that forgets its poetry is barely worthy of the name. Like fiction and unlike non-fiction, poetry is how a
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