March 2021
The truth and Julie S. Lalonde
@julieslalonde, who has been on the Trudeau government payroll, continues to allege that the victim in the BC beer festival was “outed” by the media. In fact, the victim wrote…
A logophile’s lament …
After many, many decades as a journalist and writer, I have developed a rare condition: I am a logophile, which is someone who loves words. You’ve likely never encountered the…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Alexandre Tanzi highlights how the 1% in the U.S. made out like bandits even as the country suffered through a pandemic year…
The “Crisis” At The Border
Republicans are fuming. They say that things have gotten worse at the southern border since Joe Biden became president. Robert Reich writes: The House minority leader, Kevin McCarthy, declares it…
What Must Be Done
Open letter to friends of freedom: Hi folks, People are beginning to realize that we need a different attitude and view with regards to how we see nature, life, humanity,…
Enlightenment: Raising Consciousness & The Cloud of Unknowing
Ideology is neither salvation nor liberation. As important as a paradigm shift, a shift in world view, or a shift in consciousness and perspective, clearly is, we must understand this.…
The knocking on Trudeau’s door.
Like the late-night tapping on his door, as written by Edgar Allan Poe, Justin Trudeau dares not fail to answer this summons. It is at the heart and soul of…
Democracy Under Attack
“Let me be very clear … if you think this is something happening down in Georgia, you are misapprehending the moment that we’re living in,” “It is about whether we…
North Cowichan looks into sexist social-media post by deputy mayor
North Cowichan looks into sexist social-media post by deputy mayor By Larry Pynn A sexist Facebook post by North Cowichan deputy mayor and councillor Tek Manhas is under “review” by…
The ugly relaity
It was some 20 years ago that Canada obeyed a U.S. request (order) to destroy democracy in Haiti. Canada sent troops and police, to complete the destruction of Haitian freedom…
Poverty is the result of policy decisions—but we have the power to end it
According to a recent study, 53 percent of Canadians live paycheque to paycheque and more than one in four of us doesn’t have enough money to make ends meet each…
Photo Op
Georgia governor Brian Kemp, surrounded by a gaggle of mainly old white guys, signs his state’s new “Jim Crow” voting bill into law beneath a backdrop of the U.S. and…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Julia Wong reports on the building third wave of COVID-19 in Alberta. And Ricardo Tranjan examines how little the Ford PCs actually put…
Mr. Kenney, take back control of the damn tax!
It’s encouraging to hear someone in the upper reaches of the Canadian establishment recognize reality. Ruling on the appeal by Alberta, Ontario and Saskatchewan against the federal carbon tax, the…
My latest: Trudeau’s “movement”
“Democracies are down-up,” said the old political pro. He grinned. “Movements are up-down.” And that’s when the light went on in this writer’s tiny cranium. It explained everything. Every scandal,…
Holding Back The Clock: Voter Suppression Writ Large
Despite both the overt and subtle nature of racism in Canada, it is hard to imagine living in a country where Black people are essentially told, “Your vote is undesirable.…
Musings on Computer Gaming, Storytelling, and Seniors
Every day, for an hour or two, I kill demons. Or I build houses and shopping malls. Sometimes I command armies in battle. Or fly an airplane into a foreign…
Knowledge vs Opinion, Enlightenment vs Delusion
As Plato said, everyone has opinions, but few have knowledge. It is important that we keep that in the back of our minds, if not the fore. Two levels, there…