Anime (Japanese animation) is certainly one of my two top forms of entertainment. Partly this is because the animationis simply well done. Partly it is because I find the Japanese style of storytelling enjoyable. But it is also true that there area considerable number of anime that actually get me thinking about issues. American cartoons have rarely elicited thesame reaction. One second you may be enjoying a light-hearted tale about some art students visiting an antique shop &the next a […]
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The Tory Pirate - Politics & Policy: The Case for a Province of First Nations
UPDATE: It appears I am not the first to consider this idea. A paper was published by Queens University which goes intomuch more detail than I ever could. Link The problems facing Canada’s First Nations are many and longstanding. Some of these problems are structural. Bandleadership often has to deal
Continue readingThe Tory Pirate - Politics & Policy: On Whether it is Preferable to Attack or Rehabilitate Offensive Symbols
Recently several New Brunswick retailers pulled the ConfederateFlag from their shelves in light of a racism-fulled shootout thatoccurred in the US. Great! I have had the privilege to spend time in rural areas across Canada and that damn flag always seemed topop up. The Confederate Flag is an odious symbolic mixture
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