current/international editionThe Wolf: A True Story of Survival and Obsession in the West by Nate Blakeslee is a masterpiece. It is truly one of the best works of narrative nonfiction…
People of a certain age will remember Jackie Gleason and one of his famous taglines: "How sweet it is." Delivered with an insouciance only Gleason was capable of, it was…
Palestinians stand amid the ruins of the Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza. Photo by Mohammed Hajjar/AP. A US-made precision-guided bomb manufactured by Boeing shreds a little girl and renders her body…
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So on Saturday this happened:Angus Reid reposts a doctored video that misquotes the PM as if it's reality and we're supposed to accept his company's poll results are believable? I…
When she opened her news conference on Nov. 8 last year, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith began: “Welcome to a new day for health care in Alberta!” Did she get that…
I started reading about burnout when I walked away from teaching earlier than expected. Suddenly, I couldn't bring myself to open that door after over thirty years of bounding to…
This and that for your Sunday reading.- Geoffrey Deihl warns that this year's U.S. election may represent a point of no return in trying to avoid civilization-shaking climate breakdown (even…
When the 2007-2008 financial crisis hit, a loud chorus of pundits and politicians, for what turned out to be the briefest moment, came to see that we had got it…
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Squamish, British Columbia, as seen from a lookout point located in Stawamus Chief Provincial Park. Photo by Benoit Brummer/Wikimedia Commons. Write what you know best, aspiring writers are ofte...
Last night I posted some long threads; tonight, I have several interesting "long reads" on topics I have frequently discussed on this blog: The Stupid, It Burns! Substack writer Black…
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It's taken awhile this fall for the trees to turn colour. Another sign of climate change? Perhaps.But the sun has begun to shine through the changing leave, giving back some…
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Here are some long threads that I liked. This is a lengthy post because I am including many of the tweets from these threads -- a reader told me once…
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State of Palestine Area• Total 6,020 km2 (2,320 sq mi) • West Bank 5,655 km2• Gaza Strip 365 km2Population• 2023 estimate 5,483,450Gaza Strip/AreaArea: 141 sq mi (365 sq km). Population:…
