why it is interesting and significant that i own a piano
When we were negotiating for this house, through realtors, the former owners asked if we were interested in keeping their piano. I had noticed the old upright as soon as…
2019
The Racism of Trump And Our Con Bigots
There can now be no doubt now that Donald Trump is a foul bigot, who is disgracing himself and the office he holds.There is no doubt that whatever he says…
More Bad News For Doug Ford And Andrew Scheer
In my last post I looked at a new poll that suggested that 60 per cent of people in Ontario now believe that Doug Ford's government is corrupt.And how the…
The New Chant of the Fuhrer Rallye
Last time around the deplorables chanted, “Lock her up. Lock her up.” Their target, the citizen they wanted put away, was, of course, Hillary Clinton. That was then. This is…
The death of critical thinking or just bad journalism?
There was a recent article on Patheos.com with the scary headline, “Young People Are Choosing Horoscopes and Crystals Over Fundamentalist Religions.” The last part of that might seem good news,…
On “Unalienable” Human Rights
Screen capture, launch of the Commission on Unalienable Rights On Monday, July 8th, the U.S. State Department announced the launch of a Commission on Unalienable Rights, which is intended to…
Odell’s How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy
Or maybe we’d recognize Nietzsche’s last man as ourselves: “Once blasphemy against God was the greatest blasphemy; but God died, and therewith also those blasphemers. To blaspheme the earth is…
Why the Canadian Government is Confronting Venezuela
Photo by Sean Kilpatrick/AP Since the attempted U.S. coup against Venezuela on January 23, backed by the Lima Group of which the Justin Trudeau government is an active member, Canada’s…
Off The Hook
As the Summer of 2019 continues, it’s been interesting to watch the political news. Being a normal quiet period, normally that means having very little of note take place. But…
Donald Trump: "Ite in patria tua" (10 Minute Read)
Why President Trump's recent Twitter attacks are bad for social unity and great for his political base. Donald Trump recently took it upon himself to directly attack elected congresswomen on…
Donald Trump: "Ite in patria tua" (10 Minute Read)
Why President Trump's recent Twitter attacks are bad for social unity and great for his political base. Donald Trump recently took it upon himself to directly attack elected congresswomen on…
Donald Trump: "Ite in patria tua" (10 Minute Read)
Why President Trump’s recent Twitter attacks are bad for social unity and great for his political base. Donald Trump recently took it upon himself to directly attack elected congresswomen on…
The Epitome Of Moral Cowardice
They don’t get much more craven than Mitch McConnell: Mitch McConnell can’t say whether it's racist to tell an immigrant to go back to their country. He is married to…
Don’t Tell Me Jason Kenney Had Nothing to Do With This –
I said Don’t Tell Me. Alberta has declared an outbreak of a sexually transmitted infection. A total of 1,536 cases of infectious syphilis were reported in 2018 compared to 161…
The Christianity Industry
It’s more than Bible-thumping but how much more? As a devout agnostic my project for the next month will be to explore modern hyper-Christianity through the eyes of three writers:…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Geoff Dembicki interviews Leah Gazan about the need to put people over corporate profits in our political system. – Dale Eisler writes about…
A house divided or a leaderless nation?
There was an excellent discussion in Progressive Bloggers the other day by the gentleman who writes under the nom de plume of The Mound of Sound. A very small quibble…
“We are profoundly ignorant about what is going on”
I question why we allow fracking while there are significant knowledge gaps about safety. Authorities will not approve anyone to command flight controls of a loaded aircraft without certainty that…
Your Art, My Art
The New York Times today came out with a list of “the 25 works of art made after 1970 that define the contemporary age, by anyone, anywhere.” What struck me…