Sorry, folks, it’s time again for the voice crying in the wilderness. But I’m not prophesying anything good. The only sure bet at the moment is that we’re going to have a horrible time with wildfires this summer. El Nino, low snow packs, everything points towards it. What is unfortunately also true is that Nicole…
Tag: climate change
Social Commentary
Watch China
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When I was a kid in the fifties, “Made in Japan” was synonymous with “tinny Japanese junk.” When they started sending cars over here, they extended that reputation by rusting out even faster than Canadian cars. That Was Then. Seventy years later, “Japanese” means “quality.” The whole country had bought into the capitalist system and…
Politics, Social Commentary
Time for Canada to Grow Up
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When I began to study Political Science, the first thing that struck me was how much countries acted like individual humans. And when we look at people from the outside, they look a whole lot different from what they think of themselves on the inside. When we regard our country from this point of view,…
Politics, Social Commentary
The Government We Deserve
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We Canadians see ourselves as easygoing, warmhearted, cooperative and accepting people. Those qualities are all very well when life is good, but do we have the inner strength and resilience to carry us through when the going gets tough? Unfortunately, I’m seeing a lot of evidence to the contrary. During COVID we discovered how many…
Social Commentary
We Are at War!
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The human race is fantastic at dealing with trouble but we are abysmal at realizing when trouble is coming. Aggressive sorts have been abusing this trait for centuries, especially when starting wars. Usually, peaceful folk don’t even know that they’re at war until the soldiers start pouring into their yards. The beginning of WWII…
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Could COVID be the Tipping Point on Clilmate Change?
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The COVID epidemic may have a silver lining, followed as it has been by a summer of climate extremes. If we grasp the opportunity, this could be the beginning of a sea change in the existence of the human race. Everyone knows by now that we have a climate emergency on our hands. What we…
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Scream on, You Bastards
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This article is going to offend some people, because it’s will strike a nerve that is becoming more and more exposed as time ticks down towards the deadline for change. And the angrier you get, the more you need to hear this. Here’s the point: if a lot of people don’t get over their greed,…
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Unmasking Pseudo-Scientific Reporting
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Background to this post A clever American reporter asked Greta Thunberg, “Why should we believe all this stuff that science is telling us?” There was a pause. The poor kid was gob-smacked. It was the first time I have ever seen her with no answer. Her response? “Well…it’s…it’s science!” As if that meant something. But…
Social Commentary
How Dare You!
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Just a warning to all my friends. And everyone else as well. I have decided to become radicalized. That’s right. Just like those kids who come from nice families who suddenly end up in ISIS or the Aryan Brotherhood or the Moonies. How Did This Happen? Well, it’s been coming on for quite a while.…
Social Commentary
Holier-than-Thou on the Kinder Mountain Protest Line
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From the top, I’d like to say that I believe climate change is the greatest test facing mankind since the atomic bomb was invented. I believe we all have to tighten our belts and change our ways, and quickly, too. But there are economic realities that we have to take into account. The Kinder Morgan…