On Dying and Grieving and Judgment
My dad passed away this week. He was older than the hills: 93 and a half years old. I’m not sad about his passing; he lived a long and fulfilling…
Marie Snyder
Water Wars and the Last Straw
The next world wars won't be about land or oil. They'll be about water. And Canada could be the next Iraq, invaded and decimated for the abundance of our natural…
The Irony of Advocating for A/C in Schools
This was a hot start to the school year. I taught a few classes with sweat dripping off my face as I spoke animatedly and enthusiastically about my courses. It…
Fixing French Immersion
The Agenda with Steve Paikin had a segment on French Immersion in the schools this week. The panel raised some interesting points but neglected a few issues. A Bit of…
Wild Women in Temagami – On Doing the Heavy Lifting
I had a dream early in the summer: I was getting out of a tent on the rocky shore of a lake on a misty morning just cool enough to…
Wild Women in Temagami – On Doing the Heavy Lifting
I had a dream early in the summer: I was getting out of a tent on the rocky shore of a lake on a misty morning just cool enough to…
On Feelings
I was thinking about the fact discussed here that we only started acknowledging feelings as something to be concerned with or a measure of well-being when soldiers returned from WWII,…
On Feelings
I was thinking about the fact discussed here that we only started acknowledging feelings as something to be concerned with or a measure of well-being when soldiers returned from WWII,…
Fractured Lands: How the Arab World Came Apart
Told in a series of personal interviews jumping back and forth between six different people, Scott Anderson's magazine-length article, "Fractured Lands," is the stuff of nightmares, but it's important we…
Fractured Lands: How the Arab World Came Apart
Told in a series of personal interviews jumping back and forth between six different people, Scott Anderson's magazine-length article, "Fractured Lands," is the stuff of nightmares, but it's important we…
The Century of the Self – A Brief History of Psychoanalysis and Corporate Control
I just watched this four-hour doc on propaganda and social change and how we're swimming in Freudian concepts like it or not. It's older (2002), but it's compelling viewing useful…
The Century of the Self – A Brief History of Psychoanalysis and Corporate Control
I just watched this four-hour doc on propaganda and social change and how we're swimming in Freudian concepts like it or not. It's older (2002), but it's compelling viewing useful…
On Indicators: Attention Must Be Paid
If it started to get cloudy out, and I told a friend, "You might want to bring an umbrella," I might hear, "Good idea, thanks!" for saving him the discomfort…
On Indicators: Attention Must Be Paid
If it started to get cloudy out, and I told a friend, "You might want to bring an umbrella," I might hear, "Good idea, thanks!" for saving him the discomfort…
Paying for It: On the Slow Death of Journalism
I watch Last Week Tonight pretty faithfully, but I do Monday mornings on YouTube rather than subscribe to HBO. Last night's show was all about the problem with people like…
Paying for It: On the Slow Death of Journalism
I watch Last Week Tonight pretty faithfully, but I do Monday mornings on YouTube rather than subscribe to HBO. Last night's show was all about the problem with people like…
On Our Right to Choose
I understand gender identity and sexual orientation both as potentially fluid. It's not the case that they can be made to change, so we still need to ban straightenating camps…
On Our Right to Choose
I understand gender identity and sexual orientation both as potentially fluid. It's not the case that they can be made to change, so we still need to ban straightenating camps…
If You’re Not Turned on to Politics…
.... politics will turn on you. - Nader Hedges is at his most impassioned in this debate with Robert Reich. It's just the last 35 minutes of the show. But…
If You’re Not Turned on to Politics…
.... politics will turn on you. - Nader Hedges is at his most impassioned in this debate with Robert Reich. It's just the last 35 minutes of the show. But…