Category Society
Friday’s Question
Our news media are very sensitive when it comes to people’s personal preferences when it comes to their pronouns or gender expression. If you want to use they/them, or identify as other than male or female. they make sure that they follow your wishes. So why does the same standard not apply to those who […]
Regime Change
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney can be forgiven if he feels a little bit like he has a target on his back these days. It isn’t his domestic political opponents he has to worry about. Carney has been unequivocal about Canada’s independence. It will not become the 51st US state. Nor will he back down […]
Words To Remember
It’s been quite the weekend. The world is in turmoil. Nobody knows what tomorrow is going to bring. If you are feeling nervous, upset, uncertain as global political events seem to be spiraling out of control, it is time to take a deep breath. Breathe in. Breathe out. Do it again. And again. Each generation […]
I’m Not There
My curiosity got the better of me. I looked. I never met Jeffrey Epstein. Don’t remember ever hearing his name before his suicide. But with millions of documents being released by the US Department of Justice regarding his legal case, I figured it wouldn’t hurt to check. If you want to see if your name […]
Back To Work
It’s Monday. For most people it is the start of the work week. For Canada’s civil servants it is another day closer to having to go back to work. It’s not that they haven’t been working. It is just that they have been working from home. They have been told that will change this summer, […]
“Hockey is Church”
Leaving the building on Friday two young men in the elevator asked if I as going to watch the Olympic gold medal hockey game between Canada and the USA Sunday morning. I said yes, at least the first two periods. After that would be leaving for church. “You should stay home and watch,” they said. […]
Insulting My Intelligence
I think I have been insulted by Artificial Intelligence. Which proves that while it may be artificial it certainly is not intelligent. I wanted some pictures to illustrate Thursday’s post. It isn’t as if I kept a souvenir soft drink can around from 1960. So I searched online for “Top Valu Ginger Ale.” Surely someone […]
Not Healthy? Who Cares!
I was very young, maybe four or five, and visiting my paternal grandmother. I had an upset stomach. She gave me ginger ale. Told me it would be good for me. Turns out Grandma was wrong. The Ottawa Hospital recently dropped ginger ale from its menu because of its dubious health benefits. Many patients are […]
Words of Protest
I saw this installed in a Vienna transit station in 2019. Originally an American work, I wonder if it would be acceptable there today.
Feeling Old?
I don’t think I look my age. I certainly don’t act my age. Not that I know how my age is supposed to act – this is the first time I have been this old. So I was taken aback to be offered a seat on a crowded light rail train heading into downtown Ottawa. […]
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