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AMERICA IS AT WAR WITH HER VERY SOUL

AMERICA IS AT WAR WITH HER VERY SOUL: UNCLE SAM AND LADY LIBERTY ARE HAVING A DOMESTIC DISPUTE As 2016 draws to a close and the upcoming American Inauguration approaches, I am pausing to reflect upon the very Herculean task

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SELF-DESTRUCTION?

THE ULTIMATE GOAL OF CAPITALISM IS ITS OWN SELF-DESTRUCTION   I was just ruminating alone at home today on an early December evening as 2016 comes to a close and another year winds down. With all this talk of what

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A REASSESSMENT OF DONALD TRUMP

A REASSESSMENT OF DONALD TRUMP’S BID FOR THE PRESIDENCY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: NEW YORK TIMES COVERAGE OF TRUMP RALLIES REVEALS TO ME THE PRESENCE OF THE WORST ELEMENTS OF AMERICAN SOCIETY LURKING WITHIN THE TRUMP CAMP.  

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A Weekend in Peterborough.

SUNSHINE SKETCHES OF A WEEKEND JAUNT TO PETERBOROUGH, ONTARIO FOR CANADA DAY WEEKEND, JULY 1-3, 2016: A POSTMODERN POSTMORTEM OF CYBER TECHNO FRUSTRATION MEETS LUDDITE RENNAISSANCE MAN SCHUMACHERIAN PRACTICALITY I’m just winding up (or is it winding down, I can

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THE CLIMATE CHANGE DOUBTERS

THE CLIMATE CHANGE DOUBTERS: HOW MUDDYING THE WATERS WITH UNCERTITUDE KEEPS THE WORLD FROM ADDRESSING A VERY REAL PROBLEM BY DOUBTING THE VERY EXISTENCE OF THE PROBLEM IN THE FIRST PLACE! (SOUNDS LIKE AN OLD DRUNK IN DENIAL ACTUALLY! HO

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DONALD TRUMP

DONALD TRUMP: THE BULL IN THE CHINA SHOP AT CENTRAL CASTING. I was watching CBC News Network, alternately with CNN last night with my friend having control of the remote, and as the commercials waxed and waned, he kept switching

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TRAINS ARE JUST SO CIVILIZED

TRAINS ARE JUST SO CIVILIZED: HOW MY GRANDFATHER USED TO GET BY ON ONE SALARY, NO CAR, AND HAD TWO SERVANTS BACK IN THE 1930-60 ERA. I’m just coming back from my sister’s wedding in Whitehorse. I’ve had a great

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NEAR-EMPTY CHURCHES

NEAR-EMPTY CONVENTIONAL CHRISTIAN CHURCHES YET OVERFLOWING JAILS, COURTS, ADDICTION TREATMENT CENTRES, AND BATTERED WOMEN’S SHELTERS: A SIGN OF THE TIMES I was just lying on the couch alone at home contemplating divine mysteries on a bright Saturday evening. I could

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THE RACE TO THE BOTTOM: WE’RE GOING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT THIS EASTER

THE RACE TO THE BOTTOM: WE’RE GOING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT THIS EASTER It’s Easter Sunday, the Feast of Our Lord’s Resurrection and conquest over sin and death. I have much to be thankful for: good

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THE CENTRE CANNOT HOLD

THE CENTRE CANNOT HOLD: WHEN A CIVILIZATION’S CORE VALUES AND BELIEFS ARE SO FUNDAMENTALLY FRAGMENTED, FRAYED, TORN, AND ECLECTICALLY DIVERSE AND DECONSTRUCTED THAT NO SENSE OF ‘WE-NESS’ CAN ANY LONGER BE SAID TO EXIST AS A COHESIVE FORCE WITHIN OUR

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