

Mar 1315 min read
THE WRETCHED BLEMISH
What’s the deal with the measles? ( Offered in the tone and tempo of Jerry Seinfeld, of course. ) Measles outbreaks are taking up a lot...


Aug 31, 20246 min read
PROBLEM SOLVING - A CAUTIONARY TALE
I was wanting to learn about and write something on how leaded gasoline became a thing. But then I came upon the biography of its...


Aug 3, 202410 min read
DIRECTIONS
Narendra : They’re not trying to hide anything from you, though. Adrenalina : Aren’t they? Narendra : They would if they could. For...


Jul 20, 20249 min read
FEMMES FATALES
In their ongoing effort to frame everything Palestinian as benevolent and peace-oriented, CBC sought once again to amplify the voice (and...


Apr 12, 20242 min read
PREDICTING THE FUTURE
On April 12th, 2001, Donald Rumsfeld sent George Bush, Dick Cheney, and Condoleezza Rice and email titled “Predicting the Future.” The...


Jan 24, 202414 min read
GOMORRAH
I’ve been shocked by the response to Israel’s declaration of war and actions in Gaza. Of course, I’m not talking about the masses making...


Dec 27, 20233 min read
MANIFEST
Between 1892 and 1954 around 12 million people immigrated to the US via the immigration station at Ellis Island, New York. And any scan...


Dec 15, 202340 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...


Nov 19, 202310 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...


Sep 30, 20233 min read
NO-SEE
No part of the narrative forming around this story even makes sense. That CBC is pushing this silly idea is, well, no surprise. With the...


Jul 29, 20237 min read
THAT’S WEATHER, NOT CLIMATE
This week, authorities have given us things like: “ July 2023 is set to be the hottest month ever recorded in human history .” “July...


May 29, 202311 min read
UNPRECEDENTED
As with every fire season in recent memory, we’re being told this one is unprecedented. Fires in Alberta and Nova Scotia are said to be...


Dec 2, 202218 min read
BORN AGAIN
In a first-year Canadian History course, I was made to debate the invocation of the War Measures Act and the internment of "enemy aliens"...


May 27, 202221 min read
SHE LOVES HER GUNS
After America's most recent and notable mass shooting, Heather Cox Richardson , professor of nineteenth-century American history at...


Mar 18, 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,...


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...


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...


Jul 23, 20210 min read