The problem with lies from Trump or other authoritarian leaders is that others believe them, or worse, act as if they believe the lies. That’s why we see people like US Secretary of State Marco Rubio revising his statements on Ukraine because they contradicted his president’s previous lie. It was so refreshing, so uplifting to […]
RCMP watchdog to examine handling of Colten Boushie shooting Indigenous leaders call for resignation of Thunder Bay police chief over non-investigation of death of Indigenous man My home town seems to have become the epicentre of institutional racism in Canada. I grew up in Thunder Bay, Ontario, a city sometimes called the Lakehead. Years, […]
Best wishes for the season and the coming New Year. From the Written Word
It’s been a crazy, depressing, tragic month around the world. There has been so much to stress us, to make anyone really doubtful about the prospects for peace, health or happiness in the future. But when I check into social media this morning, I was pleasantly surprised not to find as much negativity as I […]
It’s not because of hair or niqabs. I’m not afraid of refugees in my back yard. It’s partly because of the economy. The Conservative narrative, dictated almost entirely by Stephen Harper himself, says that the economy is so fragile, only the party that is the best economic manager can handle it. Well, the “Harper Government” has […]
Originally published on Blogger in 2012. Kudos to Smashwords and its head, Mark Coker, for pushing back against censorship. A couple of weeks ago, I posted a column about how Paypal was forcing e-book retailers like Smashwords to remove e-books whose content it found objectionable. If any e-book seller was found to be selling books […]
News item: Ontario sex ed: Protesters disrupt school meeting Protesters turned out in force at a Scarborough school Thursday night, disrupting efforts by two local MPPs to discuss Ontario’s new sex ed curriculum. The information session at Agincourt Collegiate Institute was cut short when demonstrators moved inside — chanting “We say no” at MPPs Soo Wong and Bas Balkissoon. The new curriculum has […]