Genocide Ahead
I don’t enjoy bringing bad news, but I feel a duty to help others, and to protect them when I can, which includes warning them of danger, as well as…
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Trademark Creativity
Time for a little confession on my part; I have a real soft spot for creative thinking when it comes to protest or making a point. Whether if I agree…
Cynicism & Hope
I firmly believe in the fundamental importance of freedom of speech. Without it, freedom dies, and democracy is impossible. I don’t believe in censorship, because censorship always leads to tyranny.…
The Failure of Propaganda, The Crisis of Legitimacy, and The Resort to Fascism
The propaganda is hitting Goebbels level, it is getting that obvious and stark. The elite are losing the propaganda war – hence, the increasingly shrill and panicked, desperate measures. Keep…
Head of State Debate
As a student of history, it’s always fascinated me how actions taken in the past still impact our present. Sometimes it’s the only way to make sense of certain things…
UCP or NDP? Depends on your age … and gender
Some surprising results in an Angus Reid survey of Albertans this week. The UCP and the NDP are tied in voter support, each at 38 percent. This is quite a…
Everything I know about Britain I’ve learned from TV
As a forced-into-retirement man approaching senior citizenship, I watch a lot of TV. Actually, I’ve always watched a lot of TV. When I was a kid, when we had just…
Economic Theory & Reality: Revolution Now
Know this: we must understand and boldly address economics in fundamental ways, or there is no hope, in terms of justice, prosperity, the environment, democracy, freedom, or peace, but only…
The Morning After: New Brunswick Provincial Election
2020 has been a year for the books and has continually brought us things that we thought we’d never likely see. Between the COVID-19 pandemic, the economic crisis that stemmed…
Talking the Current State of COVID in Ontario & Liberal Cabinet Retreat with Kristy Cameron
Yesterday I joined Kristy Cameron on CFRA’s “Ottawa Now” along with Katlyn Harrison & Lindsay Maskell on the “Political Heat” panel. We talked about the current state of COVID-19 in…
9/11: Again, and again…
September 11, 1973, the CIA killed freedom and democracy in Chile, and installed fascism. Lessons we should have learned from. Now it is happening again, but with stealth – and…
What is success?
Success, of course, is not measured in money, possessions, status, power or fame, or even accomplishment. It is measured in meaning, fulfilment, compassion and joy. It is measured in heart,…
Alberta and the plastics promise
In the 1967 film “The Graduate,” young Benjamin Braddock (played by Dustin Hoffman), fresh out of college, is taken aside by a middle-aged neighbour at a cocktail party and offered…
Greek Philosophy In The 21st Century: Sanity Amidst The Madness?
Platonist, Aristotelian, Epicurean, Stoic, Skeptic, Cynic or Sophist? None of the above are satisfactory, as ready-made off-the-shelf pre-packaged philosophies, at least. They should be studied; not ingested whole, nor regurgitated…
Talking the Liberal Cabinet Retreat & Surprising New Alberta Poll 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 the Liberals Cabinet Retreat starting today, what…
Science, mysticism and enlightenment: or, the use and abuse of language
Will the real new age please stand up? “Castaneda’s popularity made him the subject of a TIME magazine cover story, published on 5th March 1973 (Vol. 101 No. 10). In…
Never Surrender
I pray the more pessimistic among us, who have warned us, such as Orwell and Huxley and many others, are wrong. We must, in any event, do everything in our…
Covid Journal, Sept 11, 2020
Canada’s Residential Schools – Hard to Watch, But Necessary I enrolled with the University of Alberta’s ‘Indigenous Canada’. Every Canadian should take the time to review these videos and content.…
Real Consequences of Fake Stories
We do live in dangerous times and a lot of that comes back to some of the political rhetoric that we see out there. I say some of it because…
Averting Fascism
Fascism is rising – here is how to avert it. A short video talk, linked below, sparked these thoughts, which I will share. May they bless us with the courage,…