Politics and its Discontents

  Over the years of writing this blog, I have made fairly frequent mention of  the importance of critical thinking. At the same time, I have...

It is common for the hard right to accuse progressives of being snowflakes, meaning, I guess, that they are inordinately sensitive and easil...

The older I get, the more I realize how little I know. And to me, that is a good thing, because there is something both grounding and humbli...

When you think about it, there is nothing intrinsically wrong with national myths. They seek to convey something special about one's cou...

 A busy day ahead, so I shall let Theo Moudakis speak for me:

 But, as Jesus said, "A prophet hath no honour is his own country."

  I was talking to my good friend Dave, from Winnipeg, the other night. Dave and I have been friends for 40 years. The affinities that bind ...