A Step Forward on the Migrant Crisis

(Pic: The Town of Riace, Italy, brought back to life by its willingness to welcome and accommodate migrants. ALESSIO MAMO/THE GLOBE AND MAIL) Until you know the facts and truth of what's going on, it's very hard to form an informed opinion and know how to proceed. That is why I am very hopeful about …

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What’s Wrong with Culls

It was upsetting to read about two more culls being proposed by the hunting and fishing lobby, groups and some First Nation groups here in Canada. They want to target west cost seals and sea lions, and Ontario's cormorants. Both of these share a common diet of fish which seems to the excuse or "problem". …

On BTS and Nazism

It's very sad when role models let us down, and the latest sad scandal involves the seemingly perfect, impeachable Kpop group BTS. Recent revelations show a group member wearing a Nazi insignia cap and the group posing for fashion shots at the Holocost memorial for a BTS photobook, as well as a member wearing an …

On Political Correctness

There continues the raging one sided debate online and in media about political correctness. This value system began in the 1980s along with the emergance of far conservative politics and the white supremacy, anti feminism, anti nice and classy western culture movement. It's a pretty simple and basic concept and values to understand, but today, …

I Believe Her

Anyone who was a girl growing up in the 1980s recognizes the culture Dr. Christine Blasey Ford is talking about, and the plausibility that the events she is accusing Judge Kavanaugh occurred. Everything Dr. Ford and her fellow accusants have said rings true; about the era and party atmosphere, about the underage drinking and sick …

Monoculturalism and Multiculturalism: The Right to Say No and The Way Forward

I'm a big fan and supporter of multiculturalism. I myself am a person of colour, and am also western. I am a liberal as well. This doesn't change or contradict the fact that I fully support nations, such as South Korea, Italy or Israel for wanting to stay monocultural, or people in the west and …

#bragaboutyourgeneration

This hashtag trended number one on Twitter on August 18, 2018. There were lots of interesting, funny and some angry tweets on the subject. It shows that we all, of all the post WW1 generations, feel a great deal of generational pride and rightfully so. It also shows that there is anger and disconnect between …