"Mr. Vice President, Mr. Speaker, members of Congress,representatives of the American people across all states,territories, cities and communities.I would like to take this opportunity to express my particulargratitude to you…
Source: candidate website The third leadership candidate has now gotten back to me. Rob Ashton represents the labour wing of the NDP. I was particularly interested in hearing from Ashton…
Revolutionary thought of the day:Mrs Touchet was confused. "All I intended to say was that I feel confident that the arguments I heard today, on the Downs, although at the…
Revolutionary thought of the day:Mrs Touchet was confused. "All I intended to say was that I feel confident that the arguments I heard today, on the Downs, although at the…
I came upon these passages in George Orwell's 1939 novel, Coming Up for Air. They seem very appropriate to me today.* * * *The change in his appearance after twenty…
I came upon these passages in George Orwell's 1939 novel, Coming Up for Air. They seem very appropriate to me today.* * * *The change in his appearance after twenty…
On the 26th, the Monarchist League of Canada shared a letterfrom one of its members with practical ways the monarchycould be better highlighted to Canadians. The text of thatletter has…
In the decade since my first post on this topic there has been an explosion in interest regarding whether having a monarchy has tangible effects on a country's development. As…
The announcement that the King had cancer was surprising for a number of reasons. For starters, the fact the Royal Family was even forthcoming about the surgery that resulted in…
“I do not consider myself to be a rabid monarchist. I am pretty laissez-faire aboutour relationship with the monarchy. It doesnot bother me in my day-to-day workings,not only as a…
I recently came across this piece by Marcus Tullius Cicero (one of my favourite classical authors) on the Sententiae Antiquae website (a good source of classical Latin and Greek translations),…
The Albert County Museum held a tree planting and receptionto mark Her Majesty’s Platinum Jubilee. The event was wellattended and, besides a tipsy flag, went off without a hitch. Speeches…
February isn’t exactly the best month to have a celebration buthere we are. February 6th marked the day 70 years ago that Princess Elizabeth became Queen Elizabeth II. Queen’s Statement…
We are officially in the 70th year of Her Majesty’s reign.While events won’t likely get started till the summer I wanted to go over what we know so far. Event…
“I join with all Canadians on this first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation to reflect on the painful history that Indigenous peoples endured in residential schools in Canada, and…
The following is a survey of the party candidates running in the riding of Fundy Royal on the topic of the monarchy. It is mostly for my own use as…
REPUBLICANISM WILL NOT HELP WITH RECONCILIATION In the aftermath of the horrific discoveries of the bodies of Indigenous children at former residential schools across the country, Indigenous and non-Indigenous Canadians…
Revolutionary thought of the day: What I’m here to talk about is how our whole approach since day one has been like this: Kids are jumping out the windows of…
The NDP is having a policy convention this weekend (so are the Liberals in what must have been a scheduling snafu). The NDP membership has once again put forward policies…
Nine charming quotes about writing
Quite often I find that when writers write about writing (yes, I just did that) the advice is prescriptive, and so, useless. These folks, however,… The post Nine charming quotes…