Life…A Small Spark Between Two Eternities 2025-07-30 16:31:00
Gene Simmons momFlora Klein survived Auschwitz. Her entire family did not. In 1949, in the port city of Haifa, she gave birth to a son — Chaim Witz. They later…
Life…A Small Spark Between Two Eternities 2025-07-30 16:31:00
Gene Simmons momFlora Klein survived Auschwitz. Her entire family did not. In 1949, in the port city of Haifa, she gave birth to a son — Chaim Witz. They later…
Life…A Small Spark Between Two Eternities 2025-07-30 16:28:00
Remembering Helena MeislováBorn: February 10, 1926 — Písek, Czechoslovakia Murdered: September 1943 — Auschwitz, age 17
Life…A Small Spark Between Two Eternities 2025-07-30 16:28:00
Remembering Helena MeislováBorn: February 10, 1926 — Písek, Czechoslovakia Murdered: September 1943 — Auschwitz, age 17
Life…A Small Spark Between Two Eternities 2025-07-30 16:24:00
She hadn’t yet spoken full sentences. She hadn’t run through fields, scraped her knees, or learned to read bedtime stories. At just seventeen months old, she was deported to Auschwitz—too…
Life…A Small Spark Between Two Eternities 2025-07-30 16:24:00
She hadn’t yet spoken full sentences. She hadn’t run through fields, scraped her knees, or learned to read bedtime stories. At just seventeen months old, she was deported to Auschwitz—too…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Leana Hosea and Sarij Pathirana report on new data showing that tens of thousands of oil slicks every year are going unreported and doing…
The Longest-Shortest Ballot’s Looming Quagmire
Monday, Elections Canada announced that, due to the inordinate number of candidates in Battle River—Crowfoot, voters will have to write out the name of the candidate they wish to elect.
Does Canada need a "Homecoming Czar" to get our people back from ICE custody?
The news came out last month that at least 55 Canadians are being held in US immigration detention. And that's just about all that we still know. Global Affairs says…
Alberta premier and justice minister to chief electoral officer: Drop your plan to ask the courts about separation referendum question
Notwithstanding frequent protestations to the contrary, it gets harder by the day to believe Premier Danielle Smith and a significant portion of her cabinet and caucus are not fully committed…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
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Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Robert Reich discusses the challenge of trying to live ethically and morally under circumstances where bullying and cruelty are being systematically normalized. And…
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We Can’t Afford To Look Away
As much as the world might wish to, none of us can afford to look away from the horror of Gaza, the man-made genocidal starvation underway, orchestrated by Israel. While…
Canada Cheer! Here’s some good Canada stuff to help us through the next week.
I know you are worried about what is happening in the United States, and what might happen in Canada as a result. I'm worried too. I turn on the TV…