The Return of Stuff Happens, week 3: Welcome to the world of alternative facts
“The only thing we have to fear is, fear itself.” Franklin Roosevelt, 1932 inauguration. “Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your…
January 2017
pupdate, pressure, and poor customer service
Diego at the beach Three weeks after losing Tala, Diego became violently ill. The usual home approaches didn’t work, but when the trip to the vet didn’t work, I was…
Saturday Photo: Not My Photo, But An Important One
This is Chico Mendes, the Brazilian organizer and environmental champion, who was murdered in 1988. The photo is by Miranda Smith, who documented some of his activities that were instrumental…
On Obama
I don’t agree with everything he did, but I love the way he did it. Obama was (is – he’s not dead) a classy guy. He’s a role model for…
Donald Trump and the Rise of the Resistance
It was Donald Trump's first full day in office. He was standing in front of a memorial to dead CIA officers.He was speaking to members of the intelligence community he…
Saturday Photo: Not My Photo, But An Important One
This is Chico Mendes, the Brazilian organizer and environmental champion, who was murdered in 1988. The photo is by Miranda Smith, who documented some of his activities that were instrumental…
On Obama
I don’t agree with everything he did, but I love the way he did it. Obama was (is – he’s not dead) a classy guy. He’s a role model for…
Promoted at American University
Hi again, I realize I haven’t posted in the last seven months since I’ve started working at American University. It has been a very busy time. Just weeks after starting…
On Bastille Day in America.
Watching the self-indulgent speech by President Donald Trump at his inauguration, it was as though he believed that his promises to the people of America were unique in world history.…
Freedom, Equality, Accountability & Transparency
Yesterday an estimated half million joinedThe Women’s March on Washington which was supported by hundreds of thousands more gathering in various cities, not only in the U.S. but across the…
Freedom, Equality, Accountability & Transparency
Yesterday an estimated half million joinedThe Women’s March on Washington which was supported by hundreds of thousands more gathering in various cities, not only in the U.S. but across the…
By His Words
Andrew Cohen has left Ottawa and moved to Washington, where — for the time being — he is a Fulbright Scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center. He was, therefore,…
Is a Pink Revolution beginning in America? This genie will be hard to put back in its bottle!
PHOTOS: A Pink Revolution? Protesters in Washington yesterday (Washington Post photo). Below: U.S. President Donald Trump, the demonstration yesterday in Edmonton and CIA Headquarters in Langley, Va. Was it just…
And So It Begins
Trump’s press secretary, Sean Spicer, bitchslaps the White House press corps. Listen to this loon rattle on. Then again, maybe the inauguration turnout was greater than the press corps understood.…
Saturday Evening Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Linda McQuaig discusses the hollow promise of “populist” billionaires who ultimately serve only to enrich themselves and their class. And Lana Payne writes…
Hmm, One of these Is Not Like the Other.
One photo was taken in 2009. The other in 2017. Can you guess which?
Our daughter in DC
Feeling pretty proud, right now. .@andyeverson: my step-daughter, a @GCTFN citizen, carrying your image, loud and proud, at #WomensMarchOnWashington cc @kinsellawarren pic.twitter.com/2QPrHtmbr2 — Lisa Kinsella (@lisakinsella) January 21, 2017
Jan. 21: No. I didn’t watch Trump’s inauguration.
There was no need to. Some years ago, I saw a video of Hitler’s inauguration. Why repeat myself? Is it an exaggeration to compare Trump to Hitler? No. Hitler rose…
Not fake news
Take a look at these photographs from around the world. They are extraordinary. Why? Because those are real people. I saw 50,000 of them in Toronto today, when I marched…
Jan. 21: No. I didn’t watch Trump’s inauguration.
There was no need to. Some years ago, I saw a video of Hitler’s inauguration. Why repeat myself? Is it an exaggeration to compare Trump to Hitler? No. Hitler rose…