I wanted to make a contribution to Indigenous People’s week, but given my background, it’s difficult to say anything on the topic without bringing down the ire of somebody-or-other. However, good old CBC solved my problem by presenting an interview with Buffy Ste-Marie that I really enjoyed. She has been a spokeswoman for First Nations…
Month: June 2022
Social Commentary
Inflation Discussion: the Elephants in the Room
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News media in the past week have been overwhelmed with the twin threats of inflation and recession. As they should be. In case anybody didn’t notice, we have just borrowed our way out of a pandemic and are in the middle of buying ourselves out of a war. The cost for these two events…
Politics, Social Commentary
On the Declining Usefulness of the Aristocracy
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Full disclosure: when I was four years old, I was a royalist. I got there by the usual method: socialization. Or shall we be honest and say indoctrination. My first memory of an international incident was Queen Elizabeth’s coronation, and the reason I remember it was because my grandmother’s cousin in Scotland sent us a…
Politics
The 13% Solution in Ontario: First Past the Post at Its Finest.
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When a small number of voters turn out for an election, it has two effects. First, it means that a small number of people are making the decisions for the rest of us. This is not known as a good thing for democracy. Second, it shows that we are in a situation where the…