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…
Marie Snyder
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…
On Ghostbusters
It's got an amazing cast, each of whom I absolutely adore. The director directed some of them in Bridesmaids, which is absolutely hilarious. The editors were responsible for 40-Year-Old Virgin…
On Ghostbusters
It's got an amazing cast, each of whom I absolutely adore. The director directed some of them in Bridesmaids, which is absolutely hilarious. The editors were responsible for 40-Year-Old Virgin…
Plus ça Change, Plus C’est La Même Chose
I was recently reminded of this climate change debate from almost 7 years ago (December 2009). I wrote this on my old blog (which was entirely about the environment and…