Small Kindnesses
When my mom died, we asked people to bring rocks (she liked this Jewish tradition of remembrance) to put in a basket in her memory. Some folk painted rocks, some…
August 2022
what i’m reading: killers of the flower moon: the osage murders and the birth of the fbi
I’m sure many of you have read Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann. It’s an award-winning bestseller that garnered…
Despite Our Conceit, The Earth Does Not Need Saving
George Carlin probably said it best, but letter-writer Patrick Cowan makes the same point in the following: The Earth does not need saving. And the human race is its least…
Is This It?
Donald Trump has almost always escaped the consequences of what he has said and done. Michael Harris writes: Donald Trump has always been too rich, too powerful, and too lawyered…
Dog Days of Summer.
It started in the news rooms of newspapers. The Dog Days where when the most you could come up with to write was the story of man bites dog. The…
Why didn’t the UCP toot its own horn about COVID shots for toddlers? Because anti-vaxxers are calling the shots!
Starting tomorrow, you’ll be able to get your children under five years of age vaccinated against COVID-19. Alberta Health Minister Jason Copping (Photo: Alberta Newsroom/Flickr). This is good news by…