May 16, 20196 min read
RED, WHITE, AND BLUE NEW DEAL
You’ve likely noticed Progressives in America all atwitter with talk of what is being called the Green New Deal. And, as the nation that...
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Oct 22, 20188 min read
REFERENDUM[B]
Today I got a little booklet in the mail from the provincial government. It was the official voter's guide to the referendum on electoral...
Aug 20, 201810 min read
BORDERLESSNESS
The Atlantic magazine carried an article called "The Case For Getting Rid of Borders – Completely." I really wanted to hear something...
Feb 17, 20185 min read
THE STRANGE MULTIPLICATION OF "DIVISION"
In 2018, it seems weekly we have another report or op-ed hitting home how "America is so divided" and "never been so divided." I read...
Dec 10, 20174 min read
PEOPLE DON'T LIE
A favourite statement regularly heard repeated in recent months is that “people don't lie about abuse.” This is sometimes modified to...
Apr 15, 20174 min read
A RIDGE CALLED VIMY
Today is the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge. All week CBC has been flush with related articles, reports, videos, and...
Feb 27, 20172 min read
PMURT
Nobody wants to hear anything more about the US election or about its victor; but, just for the record, I'd like to make two...
Jan 20, 20173 min read
MEASURING WITH NO STANDARD
I don't think I understand the pending march on Washington. Some have said they're marching in the name of justice and in opposition...
Mar 11, 20169 min read
BEING BORN
I only made it through the first season of Mad Men. As a television series set in an advertising firm at the end of the 1950s, I found it...
Feb 26, 20164 min read
MORE THAN JUST WORDS
I was sipping a delicious Trappist beer at my neighbourhood bar when two young couples pulled up at a table next to me. A newly married...
