Star Readers Weigh In
I like to regularly post letters-to-the-editor that hit targets concisely and precisely. The following meet those criteria. On the subject of the Pandora Papers, her is what one writer thinks:…
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The View From Olympus
As I tried to suggest in my post the other day, rich people really are different from us, and people like Justin Trudeau, part of that rarified group, have no…
Just A Quick Note
If you saw yesterday’s post, you might want to go back to it for some updates. The tale is not quite as straightforward as originally reported, but, I think, still…
You Can’t Keep A Good Man Down
…especially a man like restauranteur Jody Pendleton, who so loves his freedom that he exercised it by firing all of the staff from his four eateries who have been vaccinated…
They Really Are Different From The Rest Of Us
H/t de Adder Canada Justin Trudeau has rightly earned severe criticism for his holiday in Tofino on National Truth and Reconciliation Day. However, in my view there is another very…
Defiance Comes With A Cost
One of the things that riles me more than most is the absolute zeal with which the anti-vaxxers embrace their cause. Call it truculence, call it misplaced zeal, call it…
Thought For The Day
Amen. Recommend this Post
Pardon My Obsession
If you have grown weary of my regular posts about the willful ignorance and stupidity of the anti-vaxxers and anti-maskers, please skip the following. A Texas bar and grill does…
Not So Special After All
Given their passionate intensity, anti-vaxxers must be finding this week’s ruling by the Ontario Human Rights Commission deeply galling. The long and short of it: they are not so special.…
Designed To Fail
H/t Theo Moudakis In his column today, Bruce Arthur offers the opinion that Ontario’s vaccine passport is a half-hearted effort by Doug Ford that seems almost designed to fail. …as…
A Message For Those Who Claim To Be Religious
And if that doesn’t convince you, perhaps this will. Recommend this Post
This And That
Too tired to write after a night spent watching election returns, I opt for an easy way out today: the thoughts of others. H/t David Parkins H/t Theo Moudakis H/t…
An Inspirational Story
While I am an avid newspaper reader, much of it online (NYT, The Guardian) and one a physical journal (The Toronto Star), I limit my intake of television news to…
And Now, A Word From Lisa Simpson
Oh, that little know-it-all. Recommend this Post
My Sentiments Exactly
And in a related development, in Florida, apparently all things are possible. Recommend this Post
All The Lonely People: Where Do They All Come From?
Before the advent of our current troubles, the Toronto Star’s Bruce Arthur won widespread acclaim for his sports reporting. Since the arrival of the pandemic, however, his writing has achieved…
Oh, Those Anti-Vaxxers
H/t Theo Moudakis Just a short note: I have updated yesterday’s post with a link to a London Free Press article in which Julie Ponesse is excoriated for her self-serving…
In Which an Anti-Vaxxer Ethics Professor Falls Far Short Of The Mark
Dr. Julie Ponesse, erstwhile professor of ethics at Western University, has been terminated for her refusal to adhere to the Covid vaccination mandate at her school. The following is a…
A Sunday Reflection
Nothing like shining a light on the ignorant and the benighted, eh? Recommend this Post
Some Sunday Wisdom From A Social Seer
To borrow from Ben Jonson’s accolade about Shakespeare, George Carlin was “not of an age, but for all time.” A man not afraid to shake the tree of complacency, he…