The Faux Left, and, The Urgent Need To Unite The People
What’s called “the left” is really a few camps, very narrow in range: There are neoliberals such as Hilary Clinton, Obama, Biden, and the Democratic party establishment, who are (like…
April 2020
April 4::: The more things change, the more stary t’re the same.
This one is a little short because not much of the news is new. As an added hazard to my life, my print of if is so small as to…
Further Studies In Philosophy
A few thoughts aloud (Reading Toulmin and Montaigne this morning sparked some exciting musings and thoughts!) Serious studies of philosophy…ahhh, that makes me so happy. That makes me smile,…
Polling Errors in the 2019 Canadian Election – Leger Marketing Achieved the Best Results
NATIONAL POLLS Most analysts who made calculations on the accuracy of polling in the 2019 election published their data soon after the result was made known. All the tables I…
Polling Errors in the 2019 Canadian Election – Leger Marketing Achieved the Best Results
NATIONAL POLLS Most analysts who made calculations on the accuracy of polling in the 2019 election published their data soon after the result was made known. All the tables I…
I’m Fine, Really
“You’d say I’m putting you on, but it’s no joke, it’s doing me harm You know I can’t sleep, I can’t stop my brain You know it’s three weeks, I’m…
Opportunities Exist
During this time of crisis, it is easy to forget other, equally vital issues and the fact that the problems we currently confront do not exist in isolation. Climate change…
Modernism, Post-Modernism, Skepticism, and Sanity
Reading Toulmin’s brilliant history of modernity and the past four centuries (Cosmopolis), it becomes clear at page 190, in his conclusion, he has not been heading for the kind…
Meditations For Difficult Times
What do you do when the world has gone insane? Well, you stay calm, and keep working for justice, peace, democracy, ecological balance, and freedom. You also have to…
Strange Days Indeed
I wonder if John Lennon ever realized how prophetic his words would be: Nobody told me there’d be days like theseStrange days indeed. I never understood how a pandemic would…
The Central Issue: Oligarchy vs Democracy
The central issue, now as always, is not about wealth, or distribution of wealth. It’s not about bread and butter issues. It’s not about taxes or spending, budgets or allocations,…
On stitches in time
It’s no secret that Canadians’ individual finances have been getting perpetually more precarious, with most people lacking the ability to fund even a single urgent expense. But the COVID-19 pandemic…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Grace Blakeley points out the importance of putting our relief and recovery funding toward public investments, rather than the further enrichment of people…
My prediction? That coronavirus would defeat Trump
That’s still my prediction. Hannity. Rush. Dobbs. Ingraham. Pirro. Nunes. Tammy. Geraldo. Doocy. Hegseth. Schlapp. Siegel. Watters. Dr. Drew. Henry. Ainsley. Gaetz. Inhofe. Pence. Kudlow. Conway. Trump. Today, we salute…
Saturday Photo: Rainbows and « Ça va bien aller »
Kids here have been drawing and painting rainbows as a sign of hope in these troubled times. Posted in windows, they also are something to look for when the young…
FOR ALL WHO HELP WITHOUT BEING ASKED
What we need in these strange days of fear and anxiety is poetry. Poems reassure us we are doing the right thing. That the decisions we make are the right…
A Crisis Of Character
Yesterday was a sobering day for Ontarians. The news was grim. Martin Regg Cohn writes: On Friday, for the first time, Ontario’s top public health experts not only predicted how…
Just breath that air!
Have you stepped outside lately? Even from a city condo balcony, you can feel the difference. Take a deep breath and enjoy. It is the breath of fresher air when…