There it is, a new year–with no snow, no water, very little of anything noteworthy aside from that gruesome trial running its way down at the courthouse. So sad, and so much a part of another culture not known to us Canadians, save through the kind of atrocities we read about in Middle Eastern countries [...]
With Christmas fast sneaking up, time to think tree, presents, food, jollity. Fun time of year for most, tough time of year for some–like Orientation at Queen’s, at Christmas you are expected to be happy, joyous, uplifted, et al. Otherwise, you can assay Scrooge, or just get depressed. More people struggle around Christmas time — [...]
We Canadians have Stephen Harper the Lionhearted and Don Cherry, the self-anointed, and Rob Ford, the who-can-tell?, but residents of the 49th parallel northward still trail the United States in the category of political buffoonery. Right now, the Republican Party seems to be the major home of the goofuses–with Rick Perry mistaking the voting age–he [...]
Faith in ignorance GEOFF SMITH March 18, 2009 Kingston — So Pope Benedict is in Africa, ministering to the sick, and observing that condoms will not help allay the HIV/AIDS crisis. This is the same thing as arguing that quinine does not help with malaria, that quitting smoking does not lessen chances for cancer or [...]
IF YOU DON’T BELIEVE IN SOMETHING AND ARE ASKED TO DIE FOR IT, THEN IT IS POSSIBLE THAT SUICIDE MIGHT BE A CREATIVE FORM OF CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE, OR, FOR THAT MATTER, A WAY OF WORKING OUT GUILT FOR HAVING COMMITTED UNSPEAKABLE ACTS IN THE NAME OF DEMOCRACY AND FREEDOM….COMMENT? Army official: Suicides in January ‘terrifying’ [...]
YESTERDAY, A DAY THAT WILL LIVE IN HAPPINESS….. Just Hours Away …a note from Michael Moore Tuesday, January 20th, 2009 Friends, This happy, happy day! We have made it through the Dark Ages and here we are, in one of the most redemptive moments history has ever witnessed. Barack Obama is our best hope to [...]
FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES, THE BEST ASSESSMENT YET OF THE WORKINGS OF THE “RECESSION”……. January 4, 2009 OP-ED CONTRIBUTORS The End of the Financial World as We Know It By MICHAEL LEWIS and DAVID EINHORN AMERICANS enter the New Year in a strange new role: financial lunatics. We’ve been viewed by the wider world [...]