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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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:…
The House of Representatives has condemned Donald Trump. And, in one fell swoop, he has united the Democrats. But, Jonathan Freedland writes, Democrats should be wary of Trump — because…
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…
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…
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…
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…