Patriotic

The word ‘patriotism’ comes from the Latin ‘pater’, which means “father”, through the Greek ‘patris’ (fatherland) -> ‘patrios’ (of one’s fathers) -> ‘patriotes’ (fell...

Happy Canada Day

And all that. No Cobourg frolic this year, unfortunately, just work, work, work The dearth of posts the past week is not for lack of trying — have several rattling…

DSK, chapter 2

The most recent news about Dominique Strauss-Kahn has come as a bit of a bombshell. The case against him for raping a chambermaid appears to be on the brink of…