This post is not designed to make anybody feel any better. It is not intended to be a rant, but I’ve been doing some thinking over recent events, and I’m not happy with my conclusions. Once Upon a Time I have been posting this blog for over ten years, now, and I have often…
Month: July 2023
Politics
When Propaganda Becomes News
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A big splash in the Righteous-leaning media this week trumpeted a poll showing Justin Trudeau is the worst prime minister in 55 years. His father rated best. Until you look at the numbers they quote. In fact, only 30% of those polled rated Justin the worst. Most leaders in the Western World would be happy…
FUN STUFF
The Rest of New York (in one week)
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Bethesda Fountain, Central Park Our primary objective on this trip was Carlos and Matthew’s wedding, but we were in New York for a week, so we got to catch a nibble of what the Big Apple has to offer. What amazed me was how much New York is ingrained in our culture. Every time we…
FUN STUFF
Wedding Day in New York
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Tuesday, July 11, a new milestone in the Long family calendar, started out hot and sunny. We got up early, had breakfast and got dressed and out of the hotel by 9:40. It was a beautiful day, not too hot yet, with a bit of a breeze blowing light mistings of spray from the…
FUN STUFF
The New York Experience: Washington Square Park
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We checked into the Marlton Hotel on Friday, and it was a nice day — hazy sun but not too hot — so we wandered over to the park to check out the venue for the wedding on Tuesday. To put it mildly, it was a never-ending scene. Washington Square has been a place to…
Social Commentary
Two Meanings for “Responsibility.”
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Big news in Canada last week. A poll by Leger showed that almost 80% of Canadians don’t believe we are “responsible” for what happened to the First Nations children in the residential schools and for the other harms caused by the policies of colonialism in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. And this makes us sound…
Social Commentary
Canadian Bureaucracy: the Failure to Motivate
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Lytton was decimated by wildfire two years ago. The image above was taken from a CBC article this week. What has been done? Basically, nothing. And this inability to take action permeates all levels of government: Inability to get drinking water to First Nations communities 2. Inability to change the toxic work environments in police,…