The Consolation of Philosophy
I am officially in love with Montaigne – as well as Etienne de La Boitie, Thoreau, Emerson, Blake, Boethius, Plotinus, Aristotle, Socrates, Heraclitus, Spinoza, Hume, Bertrand Russell, Kropotkin, Jesus, the…
2020
I tried to warn you…
In isolation, rolling through various things, an old drawing surfaces.
A letter to the UK from Italy: this is what we know about your future
A deserted Rome, Photograph: Stefano Montesi/Corbis via Getty Images By Francesca Melandri ‘We are but a few steps ahead of you in the path of time.’ The acclaimed Italian novelist…
Abolishing the police is the only reasonable response to Winnipeg Police killings
Winnipeggers gathered in the cold outside of the Winnipeg Police Headquarters in early March to demand justice after a police shooting left Machuar Madut, 43, dead. Photo by Quincy Houdayer/The…
Rise Above
There was a big crowd in the parking lot, but I got to Mass! Happy Easter to all of you. We will all rise again. pic.twitter.com/Pgn6rCunrw — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren)…
Pandemic: The Lessons On Offer
To say that our current Covid-19 global crisis is causing us to rethink many things is to state the obvious. Far and wide, people are coming to new understanding about…
Virtual Parliament?
The current situation has brought many questions to mind for us all with the majority connected with our governance in one form or another be it provincial heath departments or…
“The darkness has gathered.”
Those were the words of Pope Francis, mentor to the world’s Catholics, who marked the way of the cross Friday in an empty St. Peter’s Square. Not being religious, I…
The Fierce Urgency of Now
The financial crisis is about more than money. It is also about morality, casting an uncomfortable light on the links between the activities of bankers and the wellbeing of society…
One Of These Things (Is Not Like The Others)
BC is doing quite well but that is at risk if people don’t follow directions of Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry, or if an outbreak occurs at one of…
There’s Nothing I Can Say.
This woman, a young nurse, went to New York, the American Covid-19 epicenter. I have nothing worthy to say.
Jason Kenney offers medical equipment to Ontario, Quebec and B.C.; pitches national solidarity on resource development
One hates to play the skunk at a tea party, but somebody needs to ask the question a lot of Albertans must be thinking. To wit, if less than a…
The Cowichan Community Land Trust E-newsletter
The Steward The Cowichan Community Land Trust E-newsletter Sharing our newest project and wishing you well ‘Seeing Cowichan Forests Beyond Trees’ Project-Photo: Steph Read more…
It is Time for a Spring Break
Cowichan Conversations will be ‘on hold’ for a while. It is gardening season among other things and I would like to take a break. I hope that you are all…
April 11: No. It ddoesn’t get better.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/11/coronavirus-who-will-be-winners-and-losers-in-new-world-order Much of North America’s news media treat our current crisis from a very local point of view. But this is not a local crisis. China, for example, thinks that…
The Vatican’s Lady Problem
The Vatican just doesn’t seem able to get past its misogyny. Once again it is debating whether or not to allow women some role in the Church hierarchy. The Pope…
Book Sale at Leftwingbooks.NET!
Big booksale at Kersplebedeb’s leftwingbooks.net website — in these times of lockdown and social distancing, we can’t table, but we can still mail books! We weren’t planning for a spring…
On antisocialism
Plenty of attention is rightly getting paid to the unabashed evil that is the Republicans’ insistence on holding previously-scheduled elections at a time when it was certain to make. But…
April 11 COVID News
The following COVID-19 news articles and information resources may be useful to many of you; if you know of similar resources not on this list, send me an email and…
A Glimmer of Hope
At various centres around the world research is underway to find a vaccine capable of combatting the Covid-19 pandemic. A paper released by the University of Pittsburgh school of medicine…