Unreasonable reasoning
If reason is that reliable, why do we produce so much thoroughly reasoned nonsense?
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Saturday Evening Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Bob Becken discusses the use of “no smell” complaints about scented candles as a sad substitute for meaningful public reporting of ongoing COVID…
Tuesday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Mike Crawley reports on new research showing both the growing number of Canadians suffering from long COVID, and its tendency to result…
Educators and critical pedagogy: an antidote to authoritarianism
Photo by Alan Levine/Flickr The world in which we live has increasingly resembles a dystopian novel. The dream of a more democratic world is diminishing as the global assault on…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – David Axe reports on the spread of a new COVID-19 subvariant which pairs increased transmissibility with resistance to antibody therapies. And Andrew Gregory…
Friday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Sarah Zhang discusses the absurdity of treating the COVID pandemic as being over when it’s causing more death and illness than ever, while…
State of Monarchy in the Caribbean
Caribbean Realm Flags Not too long ago there was somecontroversy during the Cambridge’s tourof the Caribbean, although this was reallyabout some politicians and activists tryingto shake things up. Royal tourseverywhere…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Aria Bendix and Shannon Pettypiece report on the reality that due to a failure to contain it in its early stages, COVID-19 now…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Emily Alpert Reyes and Aida Ylanan discuss COVID’s continued toll in lives and health even as the people in power seek to…
Tuesday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Bruce Arthur laments the message being sent by Ontario’s government that there’s no need to care about other people in the face…
Friday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Martha Lincoln writes about the needless harm caused by public health messaging about being people being “tired” of pandemic precautions which many (if…
Wednesday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Liz Szabo examines how the COVID-19 pandemic has evolved – and the reality that the large number of infections in the Omicron wave…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Wency Leung asks how much more of a human toll we’re willing to accept in order to operate in denial of a…
Saturday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Alexander Quon reports on the belated announcement that Saskatchewan adults will be able to get a second COVID booster vaccination. And Pratyush Dayal…
Tuesday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – CBC reports that Ontario transit is the latest major public service being paralyzed by the uncontrolled spread of COVID-19. And Ishani Desai…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Elizabeth Yuko reports on the Biden administration’s creation of an office to address long COVID, while Joe Middleton reports on the soaring number…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Andre Picard writes that COVID-19 remains an imminent and severe threat to our health – no matter how many people are choosing to…
Royal Residences: Fredericton Government House
In late June I had the pleasure to visit New Brunswick’s Government House in Fredericton to attend a garden party hosted by the Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick, Brenda Murphy. For…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Ed Yong writes about the need for people to keep caring for and protecting each other to make up for being abandoned…
Friday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Kit Yates weighs in on the work which still needs to be done to avoid further waves of COVID-19. And Marsha Barber writes…