After decades of marriage, Canada and the United States are getting a divorce. It’s not Canada’s fault; the U.S. is caught up in an extreme…
A few years ago, a co-worker and I had a good laugh over an email that warned, “There will be a scheduled outrage tonight between…
Thuglife is both an anagram and an acronym. Tupac Shakur had Thuglife tattooed across his abdomen. Tupac was a rap artist, a poet, a philosopher…
An excerpt from my Mother’s diary from 1935; I think I ought to record the history of the Hodgins’ Family which I heard the other…
Too many headlines and recent news stories have begun with, “Imagine if Obama or Biden had done…” …fill-in-the-blank with anything the current US administration has…
There must be fifty ways to leave your lover… MAGA is considered by many non-MAGA people to be a cult. Cults are a fascinating aspect…
Benjamin Franklin preferred the wild turkey as a national symbol for the United States rather than the bald eagle. For all its majestic soaring, the…
Yesterday, April 5, 2025, massive protests were organized across the United States. Today, the numbers are in; over 5 million people marched in peaceful protest…
In a study of sand piles, (bear with me), scientists Bak and Chen dropped single grains of sand at regular intervals onto one spot. As…
Decades ago, my favourite sociology professor said that low voter turnout means people are content and therefore complacent to let things be. High voter turnout…