When you’re at war, it’s perfectly understandable that you’ll mourn your own losses, both military and civilian, you’ll rejoice in the losses of the enemy’s combatants, and you’ll pretty much ignore his ‘collateral’ losses, which before and since have been a… Read More ›
Editorials
BREAKING NEWS IN CANADA
Some species eat their own young. So do some political parties. The Republicans in the U.S., and the Greens in Canada, are both currently engaged in devouring themselves. It’s too early to predict what will be left of the former…. Read More ›
DONALD RUMSFELD
That Nelson Mandela died at the age of 95 was no great tragedy, because he deserved the long life cosmic justice afforded him. Donald Rumsfeld died the other day at the age of 88. That was a tragedy, because he… Read More ›
WHY JAGMEET SINGH WILL NEVER BE PRIME MINISTER
Apparently Jagmeet Singh, the leader of Canada’s New Democratic Party, doesn’t know the difference between a mass grave, as in the former Yugoslavia, and a cemetery here in Canada, like the one in Kamloops, B.C. In the former 215 people… Read More ›
THE DEAN’S LETTER
On Monday, May 31, 2021, Matt Letts, the Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Science at the University of Lethbridge, sent the following missive to all members of the Faculty. Statement on Residential School News – *trigger warning* Dear… Read More ›
OF DISCOMFORT AND VULNERABILITY
I think if I were Jewish – which, come to think of it, I am – I’d be far more comforted being assured the Holocaust didn’t happen than being constantly reminded that it did. So I’m not sure how so… Read More ›
THE ANCHOR RACE
There’s a stiff competition between the three not-really-news news channels, CNN, MSNBC, and Fox News, as to which can boast the most irritating prime-time anchor. CNN has put three runners in the qualifying heat: Anderson Cooper, the Incessant You-Knower, Chris… Read More ›
THE NEW SEGREGATIONISTS
Whether true or just media hype, it’s widely believed that attempts to integrate our diverse communities – white and black in America, white and indigenous in Canada – have not only failed, they’ve failed miserably. And so there’s a growing… Read More ›
THERE BUT FOR FORTUNE …
Nobody likes to be surveilled, but I don’t think Derek Chauvin thought he was doing anything wrong. Nobody likes to be told he’s doing something wrong. When challenged we all have a knee-jerk tendency to double down. So being told… Read More ›
THE FORGOTTEN MERITS OF TRIAL BY ORDEAL
I think we might have been too quick getting rid of some features of medieval jurisprudence. How so? Well, Derek Chauvin’s defence is claiming it wasn’t Chauvin’s knee on his neck that killed George Floyd, it was the drugs in his… Read More ›
