When receiving an award, be it for this or for that, it’s now considered churlish not to acknowledge that, “We stand on the shoulders of those who came before us.” Only at one’s peril should this be confused with “We stands on the backs of those who came before us.” And yet we’re far more … Continue reading THE REPARATIONS ARGUMENT
KUMBAYA
Matter can neither be created nor destroyed. Well, if true that pretty much puts the kibosh on Creationism. But doesn’t it also rule out the Doctrine of Bodily Ascension? That is, at the moment of Mary's ascension, the mass of the world would have been reduced by 51.8 kilos. If this be denied, then Christ … Continue reading KUMBAYA
JANUARY 20, 2021
If Donald Trump wins the election - whether by hook or by crook, it won’t matter, at least not from a Constitutional perspective - then there won’t be a Constitutional crisis to worry about on November 4th. But he’s taken the position that either he’ll win or the election will have been rigged. So the … Continue reading JANUARY 20, 2021
BEHIND MY WIFE’S GENTLE EXTERIOR, THERE BE DRAGONS
Here’s a sobering, albeit quirky, ‘thoughtlet’ I got from my wife this morning: Dreams are a dime a dozen. Martin Luther King had one. So did Ed McCurdy. He dreamt “that men had all agreed to put an end to war.” Let’s imagine that both their dreams have come true. And while we’re at it, … Continue reading BEHIND MY WIFE’S GENTLE EXTERIOR, THERE BE DRAGONS
AN ANALYSIS OF MIRACLES IN THREE AWKWARD PHILOSOPHICAL MOMENTS
I. What is a Law of the Land? Thomas Hobbes thought that in a state of nature there’s “no government at all, except the government of small families, the concord whereof dependeth on natural lust,” I’m not sure the concord of families, if concord it be called, dependeth on natural lust. More likely it dependeth … Continue reading AN ANALYSIS OF MIRACLES IN THREE AWKWARD PHILOSOPHICAL MOMENTS
THE SCRUM
*This post was first published on May 11, 2020 English has one distinct advantage over Italian. The distinction between an assertive and interrogative is embedded in the construction of the sentence. In writing Italians have to rely on the question mark, and in speaking they have to rely on inflection. Nevertheless the rhetorical is available in … Continue reading THE SCRUM
FRANCES WIDDOWSON
Frances Widdowson is a tenured professor at Mount Royal University in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. As it happens, I know the woman. And truth be told, I quite like her. Were I confined to a one word description of her it would be “no-nonsense”. But allow me description by ostension and I’d point to Lilith on … Continue reading FRANCES WIDDOWSON
FOR THE SOUL OF THE NATION
Here are the red button non-issues in America today, that have spilt over into Canada: Covid is what it is, until some day it isn’t. And the economy is what it is until, like Covid, it’s not. So that leaves the whose-lives-matter question, and whether people whose lives haven’t mattered should protest peacefully or show … Continue reading FOR THE SOUL OF THE NATION
THERE GOES THE NEIGHBOURHOOD
A neighbourhood is a location and a socio-economic homogeneity. It’s a location because people don’t want to have to drive to borrow a cup of sugar. And it’s socio-economically homogenous because they like to chat when they’re borrowing a cup of sugar, not out of politeness but out of interest. That is, we want to … Continue reading THERE GOES THE NEIGHBOURHOOD
‘TWAS AND ‘TIS ALWAYS THUS
There isn’t a single person - or a married one for that matter - who hasn’t done something unworthy of himself. Even that Jesus fellow overturned tables that didn’t belong to him. So if we only erect statues to “he that hath not sinned”, we’re not going to have any. And maybe we shouldn’t anyhow. … Continue reading ‘TWAS AND ‘TIS ALWAYS THUS
