Mar 17, 20226 min read
YOU ARE NOT HERE
I’m sure we can all agree about much on the humanitarian side of this Russia/Ukraine thing. The attacks on civilian infrastructure,...
Mar 11, 20227 min read
'IT'S TIME TO GET BACK TO WORK'
It’s always a mistake to read the news. Reading local news tends to be worse still. I know this and yet I do it anyway. Here’s just one...
Mar 6, 202211 min read
TRAFFICKING
There have been a bunch of human trafficking cases in the news here in Canada in recent weeks and months. As ever, reading all these...
Feb 28, 20226 min read
WHAT I LEARNED IN UNIVERSITY
Perhaps the most important lessons I learned in university were not part of any curriculum or found in an assigned reading. They also...
Feb 24, 202216 min read
SCALE AND PERSPECTIVE
Someone once asked: If I’m not mistaken, you are arguing for humanity banding together to protect ourselves from a plethora of potential...
Feb 21, 20223 min read
TO WATCH
This is a list of films I'd like you to watch. Some of these will blow your mind or lift your spirit; some are more like a pleasant...
Feb 20, 20223 min read
ORGANIC? MAYBE NOT...
It's easy to find folks promoting organic. Abundant are claims that organic farming reduces environmental pollutants and greenhouse gas...
Feb 17, 202213 min read
THA, WTF!
Go listen to episode five of The Trojan Horse Affair podcast; or even just episode five, titled A Study in Scarlett . This is some of...
Feb 14, 20227 min read
A DIET FOR THE 21st CENTURY?
Food and nutrition fads come and go all the time. We often hear folks excited about learnings they've had around what to eat and what to...
Feb 11, 202217 min read
ADHD, OBVIOUSLY
What is up with this attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) fad sweeping North America? Are you also seeing this everywhere you...
Feb 10, 20222 min read
NO, SERIOUSLY...
My question is: Has there been an international moratorium established to prevent the sharing of negative images, video, or audio of...
Feb 7, 20228 min read
WHAT IS GOING ON?
I’m politically, epidemiologically, and personally opposed to effectively everything even tangentially related to the Ottawa convoy and...
Feb 2, 202210 min read
HOW TO MAKE THINGS WORSE
I’m not in Ottawa and have no idea what happened or is happening with this 'trucker convoy' thing. I don't know who’s involved or not,...
Jan 27, 20227 min read
WATER IS LIFE
What is going on with the water situation in this country? For more than ten years now I’ve been hearing about serious drinking and...
Jan 23, 202217 min read
CHOOSE YOUR OWN REALITY
[A SOCIALLY DISTANCED PANDEMIC PUB QUIZ] 1) COVID-19 will: A) Soon be forgotten B) Decide to disregard natural and anthropogenic...
Jan 20, 20222 min read
TUBERCULOSIS
I know very little about past outbreaks and pandemics (other than a few half-anecdotes about some notable events like the 1854 Broad...
Jan 5, 202234 min read
THE FUTURE OF ENERGY
Conversations about carbon dioxide and energy have been unavoidable within environmental circles and are increasingly so in the media. In...
Nov 9, 20219 min read
THE NOUVEAU NIHILISTS or A RESPONSE TO “WHY YOU SHOULDN’T LISTEN TO SELF-SERVING OPTIMISTS…”
Someone shared with me an article by a senior lecturer in sociology from Lund University, Roland Paulsen . Therein Paulsen offers a...