My Aching Joints
I have to admit I am feeling somewhat abused these days, and my psychic joints are paying the price. First it was 'elbows up', then it was 'elbows down", followed…
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A Small Man With Small Ideas
If you led a majority government and were riding high in the polls, what would you do with your power? Would you have a vision for a better future for…
An Encouraging Sign?
Like an elderly, obstreperous uncle included in festive celebrations to the lasting regret of the rest of the family, it would appear that in some quarters, Donald Trump has overstayed…
It’s Plain To See
Just a brief post today. For anyone clear-headed enough to see, it is obvious that the United States is led by a man-baby. Trump's recent tantrum over Doug Ford's ad…
And The Walls Came Tumbling Down
In conversation the other night with my wife, I opined that the Americans have to hit rock bottom before having any chance of digging themselves out of the morass they've…
Progressive Bloggers Is Back
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Trump’s Trade Tantrum
I was going to write about something else today, but now that Trump has had his predictable tantrum over the above ad, perhaps this will serve as a wakeup call…
UPDATED: A Balm to The Spirit
While I often talk about critical thinking on this blog, I always say that I aspire to the ideal it represents. And there is one offence I regularly commit that…
UPDATED: A Pale Reflection, But Still A Reflection
I had a phone conversation the other day with a friend I rarely see. A Canadian by birth, Jon has worked for many years outside of the country, first in…
A House Divided
H/t MoudakisAbraham Lincoln, in a famous address, borrowed a biblical phrase and said, A house divided against itself cannot stand. It warned of the ultimate toll when a nation is…
No Chocolates and Flowers?
Mark Carney's latest visit to Washington yielded some fine bon mots.“Pretty fancy entrance, eh?” Trump told Carney, after the prime minister drove up to the White House, with the driveway…
A Vexing Plague
Stupidity and ignorance are things I spend a great deal of time thinking about. Although the conditions know no national boundaries, I find the Americans easy to single out for…
For Those Who Think They Are Safe
Just a little reminder of the new reality in Trump's Amerika:Seth Abramson@sethabramson.bsky.socialThe brownshirts are everywhere. And they *will* come to your street eventually. This is not just going to happen…
Stating The Obvious
From my perspective, it is clear that America has become a fascist country. Those who deny that reality are either extreme partisans (I refuse to use the term patriots, the…
Amerika Defines Itself
It may seem redundant to place the adjective ugly in front of Americans. After all, their regular deportment, both domestically and internationally, makes such a designation obvious. However, being the…
Perilous Populism
We live in a time replete with constant reminders that having and maintaining a healthy democracy requires hard work, work predicated on knowledge, analysis and citizen involvement. Unfortunately, it is…
Snowflakes In Amerika
The term snowflake has traditionally been used by the right to denigrate progressives; it is a pejorative suggesting that the left is too easily offended by things the right represents.…
UPDATED: State Control: Limiting The Range Of Thought in Amerika
“Don't you see that the whole aim of Newspeak is to narrow the range of thought? In the end we shall make thought-crime literally impossible, because there will be no…
A Pariah State
With so many terrible things transpiring in today's world, it is often hard to feel any hope. Wars and injustices abound, and we are met daily with images of death,…