but this is 280 lbs of bullshit! (2 min) Bullshit is the lack of connection to a concern for the truth with indifference to how things really are ... the bullshitter by his very nature is a mindless slob." – Harry G. Frankfurt, professor emeritus of philosophy, Princeton University. Why do we accept bullshit? Two pithy little books by Read more...
(3 min) The Perfect Storm: An extremely bad situation in which many bad things happen at the same time. Five threatening forces Billionaire Ray Dalio, founder of the hedge fund Bridgewater Associates, warned in an interview (Apr. 13/25) on NBC News' "Meet the Press" about tariffs, growing debt and looming economic and political realities forming into the "perfect storm." Read more...
... it's the feet that matter! (3 min) Gordie Howe was a legend and "elbows up" is a catchy meme, but when it comes to fighting Captain Orange of Team USA, we need a show of strength that Canadians have not been very good at for a very long time. In fact, like many democracies, it's our Achilles heel. Read more...
Canadian anthropologist pens brilliant denouement of America (15 minute read) In Rolling Stone, Wade Davis, who holds the Leadership Chair in Cultures and Ecosystems at Risk at the University of British Columbia, captures the moment we are living through and observes America from our not-so-secure perch north of the 49th parallel. We wanted this article to be read as Read more...
or resurrect the best of conservative principles by writing historical fiction ... but Conrad Black gave it the good old college, elitist, sycophantic, felon's try (6 min read) I got to page 31 but had to stop. I tried, I really did. But had to avoid hyperemesis (I'm trying to mirror Black's abundant vocabulary). Hyperemesis (noun): unrelenting vomiting. Actually, Read more...
vote – and you can use the other four-letter words to curse the outcomes if you don't vote Photo: Emily Howard Stowe (1831-1904) (9 minute read) Emily Howard Stowe was a great Canadian. She was the first female doctor to practice in Canada and she and her daughter Dr. Augusta Stowe-Gullen, spearheaded Ontario's suffrage campaign for 40 years. Hell, Read more...
sacrifice a principle for personal ambition." Who said it? (7 minute read) Oh, okay, that's an easy question to answer. But inherent in the answer is a much larger question and a much more revealing answer. In death, John McCain's belief in putting principle before personal will not only be amplified but may well write one of his most Read more...
... he doesn't pass the minimum requirements in the US Army's FM 6-22 Leader Development Field Manual Three things you might not know Donald Trump would not pass the "five crucial qualities" in the US Army's basic leadership development manual. The "time horizon" and the "order of information complexity" inherent in most decisions required at the level of a Read more...
at least you've reminded us of our Darwinian downside Three things you might not know Genetically, we humans are only 1.2% different than chimpanzees.[1] Research finds that male chimpanzees that wage a campaign of sustained aggression against females sire more offsprings than their less violent counterparts and suggests that such nasty behavior evolved because it gave the more powerful Read more...
and its demise is accelerating in the absence of integrity, principles, patriotic guts and genetic mutation Three things you might not know The Economist Intelligence Unit's "Democracy Index 2016," ranks the USA 21st among 165 independent states. Norway is #1. Canada is #6. The US dropped out of the top category of "full democracies" (19 countries) and joined 57 Read more...