Covid Journal, January 15, 2021
Ford brings in a lockdown, treating us like prisoners, not providing enough direction for us to know if we’ll be punished for simply … living. Selfish snowbirds: what to do?…
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Why the Liberal Party is Losing the Youth Vote
Many of us voted for Trudeau, giving him a majority government for four years. But since his 2015 legalization promise, Justin Trudeau has done little to help the generation that…
Partisanship I’ll Never Understand
It’s been a week since the World looked on and saw the insurrection at the United States Capitol and a lot has happened in that week since. Today is a…
The Self-Defenestration of Andrew Scheer
As this week has started, it’s been interesting to watch some in the Conservative movement on social media as they react to what has happened over the past week. Between…
A long, long time ago …
A long, long time ago I can still remember how that music used to make me smile… “I’m going to be explaining this song forever …” Recognize those lyrics? If…
Talking New COVID-19 Measures Coming to Ontario & Fallout from US Capitol Insurrection with Kristy Cameron
Yesterday I joined Kristy Cameron on CFRA’s “Ottawa Now” along with Jason Lietaer & Lindsay Maskell. We talked about the impending implementation of new COVID-19 measures in Ontario, the state…
Talking Last Week in Washington & Rising COVID-19 Case Numbers on “The Arlene Bynon Show”
This morning I joined Arlene Bynon on “The Arlene Bynon Show” on Sirius XM’s Canada Talks 167, along with Alise Mills. We discussed last weeks events in Washington, the rapid…
The Last Thing Canadians Need This Spring
Last week was a watershed for so many reasons, none of which sadly seem to be any good. We saw the insurrection at the US Capitol and the damage that…
Covid Journal, January 11, 2021
The world is watching, but the world also needs to react to what’s happened in Washington, DC the last few days. Pence must move forward with the 25th Amendment and…
The God Fetish, the God Phobia, and the Fetish of Words: Or, The Idolatry of Ideology
There are some who will read my writing and think – he’s a dangerous right-winger! But if they read more, they will realize that is obviously untrue. Others will decide…
Primary Influences
What are my primary influences? Among them: Buddhism, Taoism, the perennial philosophy, Martin Luther King Jr., Gandhi and Thoreau, along with the values of the Enlightenment: liberty, equality, solidarity –…
The Definition Of A Warrior
Here is a good working definition of a warrior. Chogyam Trungpa, or the 13th Dalai Lama, can explain it better. I am just a student. (See, Shambhala: The Sacred Path…
The Case for a Second Trump Impeachment
It’s been a couple of days since the democratic world witnessed something, we never thought we’d see; the insurrection in Washington and the storming of the Capitol of the United…
What You Need to Know: A #CdnPolicast – January 2021 Edition
Earlier this week I was happy to record the latest episode of Bluesky Strategy Groups “What You Need to Know: A #CdnPolicast” with my colleagues Susan Smith, Tim Barber and…
Lasting in lockdown.
Happy New Year to you! We spend Christmas and New Years hunkered around the television binge-watching The Crown on Netflix. Nobody got our seasons greetings because just when I was…
Trump Tries Coup, Fails, Gets Twitter Ban Finally
It took almost 2 days following the attack on the US Capital by GOP terrorists, but Twitter banned the ring leader Trump from their platform, after first only giving a…
Time for Better Politics
This week has been a watershed moment for democracy, with the insurrection of the Capitol of the United States making a dark moment in history. Never did we ever think…
We should have seen this coming …
On Wednesday morning, I was tinkering with a blog I wanted to call “We’re going to miss you know who”. The rough idea was that when a certain American president…
Coming Apart at the Seams
Yesterday should have been a day in the United States that should have been a pro-forma, ceremonial step towards the usual peaceful transition of power. Yesterday we should have been…
Medieval Society – Then and Now
“You’re still fucking peasants as far as I can see.”- John Lennon Great short video, linked below, but the view of medieval peasant life is too one-sided – as is…