Too Much Going On – Issue 56
Jagmeet Singh, Leader of Canada’s NDP
What Have I Been Reading – July 30, 2021
Learning to live well on this fragile planet is far more important than dreaming about the next one. Tim Jackson, Professor of Sustainable Development, and Director of the Centre for the Understanding of Sustainable Prosperity (CUSP), University of Surrey. Tim Jackson, The Alternative UK, July 24, 2021 Essay – the Plutocrat Space Race Fear of […]
I Am Curious, Issue 54
I am curious, so I have some questions: Would you visit Iraq as a tourist? Iraq has started promoting itself as a tourist destination. It portrays itself as home to an incredible cultural history, beautiful green parks, and monuments. The intent: for the world to see it as open and welcoming. Visitors will require an […]
What Have I Been Reading? July 9, 2021
“Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it whether it exists or not, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying the wrong remedy.” Ernest Benn Lexington, The Economist, July 3, 2021 There goes the Neighbourhood “What gets lost when national politics eats everything“ I consider this a cautionary tale. We cannot afford complacency. The article […]
What Have I Been Reading? June 15, 2021
“Love is wise; hatred is foolish. In this world, which is getting more and more closely interconnected, we have to learn to tolerate each other, we have to learn to put up with the fact that some people say things that we don’t like. We can only live together in that way. But if we […]
Prejudice, Discrimination, Hate -Issue 52
I have found it very difficult to write this issue about prejudice, discrimination, and hate. However, I was born in the UK to parents that lived through two world wars. I don’t know if anyone quite knows the real cause of WW I. However, the root cause of WW II was the Reich’s belief in […]
What have you been reading?
The time is past when humankind thought it could selfishly draw on exhaustible resources. We know now the world is not an exhaustible commodity. François Hollande, ex-president of the French Republic on Climate Change Maxine Bédat, Fast Company – June 1, 2021 SEE THE HORRIFYING PLACE WHERE YOUR OLD CLOTHES GO TO DIE Do you […]
Hard to Believe!, Issue 50
I started writing these newsletters on March 13, 2020. Prudence dictated that we fly back to Canada from the UK before COVID-19 closed borders. At that time, I was concerned that we would have to live through a three to six month shut down. Well, here we are fourteen months later and we are still […]
Things that drive me crazy, Issue 49
There are just some of the things that drive me crazy! Sustainable Fashion – An Oxymoron “Fashion” industry brands compete for the best possible “sustainable” rankings. Regardless, designers and brands pump out new styles, fits, and colours season after season. This does not encourage real sustainability. Yes, it is important to: Ensure healthy labour conditions […]
The Sports Attraction, Issue 44
What is the attraction of spectator sports? A good friend challenged me to write about professional sports and the role they play in today’s society. So, this is a question that I have been considering for some time now. In my lifetime I have gone through different phases: In my late teens and during my […]
Fact, Fiction, and Opinion, Issue 38
“A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.” Winston Churchill Can We Tell the Difference between Fact, Fiction, and Opinion? Are we discriminating users of information? Do we recognize that many all-news broadcasters report little fact, some fiction, but mostly they spread opinion? Can we […]
This Time Last Year, Issue 34
Paris at sunset