Concerning the political power of words and the ramifications both positive and negative…..Doug Saunders in the Globe reveals stats that show that 80% of Americans believe the growing culture of political correctness and its terminology is a real problem nationwide.https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-the-culture-war-has-been-won-so-now-we-fight-about-words/ Stephanie Nolen writes a piece in the Globe about theContinue Reading
“I believe you have failed everyone involved. I know that if we want a world where women are believed, we must support them to give their evidence without fear or reprisals, in a context in which their identity can be protected and guaranteed by the law, in a system thatContinue Reading
A new book by P.W. Singer and Emerson T. Brooking sheds light on the background and current uses of subversive propaganda via social media. An early example of ‘fake news’ was used during WW2 by Germany via radio broadcast to British citizens featuring a commentator known as Lord Haw-Haw. NPRContinue Reading
Richmond B.C. has the highest percentage of Asian residents, (mostly mainland Chinese) in North America at 70.8%. The disconnect between recent and longtime residents introduces some interesting challenges for the entire community.Continue Reading
Introducing the lose radical think tank that cooks up the highly combustible online conspiracy theories and general mindfuckery for the Right. Continue Reading
In 1886 the French painter Gustave Courbet was commissioned by a wealthy collector, who was also an Ottoman diplomat in Paris at the time, to do a painting of one of his mistresses. The model’s name was Constance Queniaux, aged 34, and the single subject of the painting was herContinue Reading
The author of a book review at the link below is Verlyn Klinkenborg who is a non fiction writer who has published widely on the subject of farming. He teaches creative writing at Yale and owns a small farm in upstate New York. He reviews four recent books focusing onContinue Reading
Poulson resigned his Google gig in China over the plan to launch a censured version of Google’s search engine in China. In his letter of resignation he states that he quit, ‘due to my conviction that dissent is fundamental to functioning democracies.’ He objected to, ‘our intent to capitulate toContinue Reading
Jackie Wang is a young poet, musician and PhD student at Harvard. A review in LARB introduces the reader to a scholar compelled to create a comprehensive condemnation of an odious system. A primary motivater can be found in her brothers incarceration in Florida and the resulting trauma the familyContinue Reading
Walking with Cheryl part way to Dawson this morning we passed the CCA museum and she pointed out a series of colourful small text panels attached to the front gate. She mentioned the artist, author Douglas Coupland, and his series, Slogans for the 21st Century. He has been making themContinue Reading