The Problem With E-Bikes and Ontario’s Solution
The problem with e-bikes is nobody knows what they are. When I first considered getting an e-bike I was looking for something that was foremost a bicycle and could be…
rww
How to Fight Fascism
When I first become politically aware during the 1960s it was not that long since World War II and The Holocaust and Fascism was seen as repugnant by almost everyone…
Bridlewood Hydro Lines Pathways Updates with Videos
In the fall of 2024 I wrote an update on the Bridlewood Hydro Lines Pathways which indicated that portions of both the small and large hydro line pathways had been…
Thoughts on Education
This is not intended to be a comprehensive treatise on education but some thoughts on certain aspects of the education system. It is written within the context of the Ontario…
Towards a Rational and Humane Immigration Policy
As the white supremacist regime to the south of us embarks on a policy of ethnic cleansing we should look at our own immigration and citizenship policy. I have written…
The All You Fascists Bound To Lose Collection
Woody Guthrie Billy Bragg Resistance Revival Chorus with Rhiannon Giddens NM RagingGranny Bette Midler
Bonus – The Lambda Editorials
In addition to writing the Fifth Column during my time on the Laurentian University student newspaper, Lambda, I was also news editor and was occasionally asked to write the editorials.…
The Lambda Fifth Columns: Part 4 (of 4), Winter 1973
This is the last part of a new series of Fifth Columns featuring my columns from 1971 to 1973 in the Laurentian University student newspaper Lambda, that inspired me to…
The Lambda Fifth Columns: Part 3 (of 4), Fall 1972
This is the third part of a new series of Fifth Columns featuring my columns from 1971 to 1973 in the Laurentian University student newspaper Lambda, that inspired me to…
The Lambda Fifth Columns: Part 2 (of 4), Winter 1972
This is the second part of a new series of Fifth Columns featuring my columns from 1971 to 1973 in the Laurentian University student newspaper Lambda, that inspired me to…
The Lambda Fifth Columns: Part 1 (of 4), Fall 1971
This is the first part of a new series of Fifth Columns featuring my columns from 1971 to 1973 in the Laurentian University student newspaper Lambda, that inspired me to…
Let’s Go All In On Inequality
I used to be a communist that believed everyone should be equal, or was that a Christian that believed all men are created equal. Whatever, perhaps it is time to…
Daylight Saving Time Is Stupid
So will this be the year we stop having to change our clocks twice a year. We have a month to make the decision. If I understand it we change…
ICE is Not Law Enforcement
So why, you ask, am I writing about what is probably the most obvious thing to all sane people. The answer is: to put a reasoned argument on the record.…
Why I am not Rejoining the New Democratic Party (NDP)
I decided to put more thought into rejoining the party to be able to vote for the new federal leader after receiving an invitation to join from the Avi Lewis…
Internet Search: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow
In the beginning (yesterday) the Internet was an academic network and then the Free-nets (including the National Capital FreeNet of which I was an early member and information provider) were…
United States of Armageddon
If American current events were a dystopian TV series we would all be saying this is over the top, no one can be this diabolically cruel and evil and dementedly…