Some Meds that Might Help
A new PrEP for Covid! Invivyd got FDA approval for Pemgarda, or pemivibart and formerly VYD222, to be used as Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) for Covid, specifically for adults and adolescents…
My latest: it’s not gonna work, Jew haters
What’s that old military saying? You know you’re over target when you’re taking flak? That’s what the B-17 pilots used to say when flying over Europe on missions to bomb…
Life…A Small Spark Between Two Eternities 2024-03-24 16:20:00
Never forget what Hamas did to this young paralyzed and wheelchair bound girl on Oct 7th. Ruth Perez, 17, who had muscular dystrophy and cerebral palsy, was enjoying the music…
This week’s tonic: “The Middle East and the Erosion of our Public Discourse” by Liberal MP Ben Carr
Winnipeg South Centre Liberal MP Ben Carr is one of many Liberals in the federal caucus torn between his strong support for Israel as an ancestral home for Jews the…
This week’s tonic: “ The Middle East and the Erosion of our Public Discourse” by Liberal MP Ben Carr
Winnipeg South Centre Liberal MP Ben Carr is one of many Liberals in the federal caucus torn between his strong support for Israel as an ancestral home for Jews the…
Canada is re-thinking Mulroney today. And maybe Poilievre, too
Canada is buzzing about Brian Mulroney's funeral -- so many profound, moving and memorable moments: Good God… when Marc Hervieux and Mulroney’s granddaughter Elizabeth Lapham stopped to let a recording…
Canada is re-thinking Mulroney today. And maybe Poilievre, too
Canada is buzzing about Brian Mulroney’s funeral — so many profound, moving and memorable moments: Good God… when Marc Hervieux and Mulroney’s granddaughter Elizabeth Lapham stopped to let a recording…
The most important history lesson
Alberta’s pursuit of a new K-12 public school curriculum has been a long slog. An ambitious curriculum re-development project was initiated by a Progressive Conservative government in 2008. The project…
Ending fossil fuels benefits all
Many people in Canada are employed in fossil fuel industries. Were production of carbon-laden, climate damaging products to decline or end, many towns would be disrupted. However, quality of life…
My latest: taxing in the rain
A rain tax. Seriously, they want to tax the rain. Before we get started on the latest insanity to, um, seep out of Toronto’s municipal government, let’s give credit where…
The History American Politicians Try To Keep Hidden
I have done a great deal of reading in the past couple of years on The Civil War, slavery, Reconstruction, the Jim Crow laws that followed it, Black Codes, and…
Wisdom That Will Be Missed
On the day of Brian Mulroney’s state funeral, Catherine McKenna writes that Brian Mulroney was wise in a way that today’s Conservatives aren’t: In 1987, U.S. president Ronald Reagan and…
Motel Medicine is a logical and predictable result of health care policies Alberta’s UCP continues to push
The Alberta motel medicine scandal that was still unfolding yesterday with the premier’s revelation 39 more discharged hospital patients were being housed in Leduc hotels by the same company as…
On Television Part 3 – Cutting The Cord, Where We Ended Up
The Fifth Column first talked about “cutting the cord” in June 2019 in my post On Television that looked at the history of television from broadcast TV and rabbit ears…
On Television Part 3 – Cutting The Cord, Where We Ended Up
The Fifth Column first talked about “cutting the cord” in June 2019 in my post On Television that looked at the history of television from broadcast TV and rabbit ears…
Musical interlude
Texas King – Whatever You Break
Identifying methane emissions accurately
Dr. Volts, writer and researcher David Roberts, provides climate change information that is useful and understandable. His March 22 contribution is What’s the deal with these methane satellites? Roberts interviewed…
The Curly Head Ballet
In The Curly Head Ballet Natasha finds herself in a village of fairy spirits where she learns to dance. The Curly Head Ballet is a 32 page original story told…
Time travel is human nature
Time travel has been on been on my mind lately, and in that context, nostalgia. As someone who meditates, and who, at one point, was… The post Time travel is…