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China Rises
The CBC recently aired a documentary titled, China Rises. I don’t know if anyone outside of Canada saw this 4 part documentary but it had me enthralled and a little bit frightened. The documentary examines China’s politics, economy, environment and society...
Canadians Too Hedonistic
In the news today I read an article about American head of the Free Congress Foundation comment’s regarding our recent election of a minority Conservative government.Canadians too “hedonistic” I had never heard of this guy, Paul Weyrich, so I looked him up. Earlier...
Electoral Dysfunction
As I left the polling station today in the village of Colchester, I had a hot flash. At first I dismissed it as yet another menopausal hormone rush but as the beads of perspiration cooled in my sagging cleavage, I began to realize that since I had just voted for a...
Soda Biscuit
From as far back as I could remember I have loved animals. On one trip to the Bronx Zoo I saw a baby elephant and just had to bring it home with us. I cried when mom told me that I couldn’t have it. She told me that the baby needed its mother and if we took the baby...
Don’t Make Me Any Promises
Next Monday Canadians go to the polls in yet another federal election. As a woman, especially a woman of colour, I believe I have a duty to those who came before me, who fought and were imprisoned on my behalf (see these two resources – Iron Jawed...
It’s The End Of The World As We Know It
I’m reading an article titled, The American Empire Meets Peak Oil, in the latest issue of Canadian Dimensions magazine and I’m getting depressed. The article explains how the British Empire’s economic expansion, and I would imagine the Industrial Revolution, was...