IMPOTENT AND AFRAID
I almost fell over reading this story in the news this morning: Indonesia enlists help of experts for ICJ Israel case. The Foreign...
Jan 20, 20242 min read
HUMANS ABOUND or GIVEN THE ACTIONS ON THE OTHER SIDE
FADE IN: 1 EXT. BUSY DOWNTOWN STREET - LATE AFTERNOON Walking down a crowded sidewalk on a busy street full of shops and cafes. A man...
Jan 4, 20245 min read
ISRAEL-PALESTINE QUIZ
A FEW BASIC FACTS AND THINGS I NEVER HEAR Choose the answer that best fits your understanding of the situation If you don't know the...
Dec 15, 202340 min read
“ISRAEL STRIKES GAZA AFTER TRUCE EXPIRES”
NO CEASEFIRE November 1st Hamas official Ghazi Hamad stated that Hamas would “repeat the October 7th attacks time and again until Israel...
Dec 1, 20232 min read
UNNECESSARY OCCUPATION
The strongest arguments I hear about the Palestine-Israel conflict relate to “occupation.” Folks like Dr Munayyer, Dr Knight, and Dr...
Nov 19, 202310 min read
BEING HUMAN
“Why does everyone talk about the Arab-Israeli conflict as being difficult?” “Probably because it’s, I dunno, difficult?” “Is it,...
Nov 17, 20234 min read
THE GOOD SENSE
“Well, I mean, the Kurds have never been offered statehood, despite treaties promising such.” “Okay, but that’s the whole world.” “What...
Nov 14, 20239 min read
ALL OF IT
"Can I ask what you're doing here today?" "We're just out supporting the cause." "But I believe that's the flag of Hamas. And the chant...
Nov 11, 20236 min read
“IT'S JUST ABOUT FREEDOM, OBVIOUSLY”
Someone who has disliked what I’ve been writing lately (someone in great company: a party comprised of my wife and effectively all my...
Nov 9, 202323 min read
“CERTAIN IDEAS ARE SO ABSURD...”
Those conformists (sometimes known as “academics”) who provide all the cultural, intellectual, and linguistic justifications for murder —...
Nov 7, 202311 min read
BY THESE TERMS
“Not every German who bought a copy of Mein Kampf necessarily read it … But it might be argued that had more non-Nazi Germans read it...
Nov 3, 20238 min read
“BRILLIANT, AMAZING”
How do you make sense of what’s happening? What I’m seeing are officials, news reporters, and protesters alike quick to demand folks draw...
Oct 30, 20236 min read
DID YOU KNOW?
You will be delighted to learn I received much push-back on my last submission. Aside from some interesting comments, I was sent several...
Oct 23, 202320 min read
THE SEA WE SWIM IN
I've heard and seen some wild shit this week. (Though I probably shouldn't, I'll leave out the most insane anti-Semitic noise and...
Oct 12, 202316 min read
USER EXPERIENCE
A true story
May 16, 20236 min read
YOUR DEFINITIVE SOCIAL SCIENCE EXAMINATION (OF TREMENDOUS SIGNIFICANCE AND PROPORTIONS)
EMERGENCIES ACT COMMISSION EDITION This is a special test. It's a learner-centered knowledge assessment in which studying and marking...
Dec 8, 202257 min read
QUESTIONING POLICE OVERSIGHT AND INTELLIGENCE
On day five of the inquiry, October 19th, we started hearing from executives within local and provincial policing and intelligence...
Oct 20, 202212 min read
WHAT ARE WE SEEING?
I'm seeing mostly egregious war reporting and from every channel. Regarding the situation in Ukraine, ludicrous claims are continuously...
Apr 1, 20228 min read
