Gwynne Dyer — Posted: May 21, 2023 I was one of five children — not seen as a particularly big family in Newfoundland and Labrador at the time — and there was one year when we allegedly beat Guatemala to have the highest birth rate in the world. (That’s probably not true, but people … Continue reading PSSSST! The “Baby Bonus” Won’t Cure the big “Baby Bust.” What Will —?
AP News: Source: Investigators examine ideology of Texas gunman BY JAKE BLEIBERG AND REBECCA BOONE May 7, 2023 ALLEN, Texas (AP) — The assailant who killed eight people at a Texas outlet mall on Saturday was identified by authorities Sunday as a 33–year–old man who had been staying at a nearby motel. Three law … Continue reading A Tough Two Days in Texas
No Monarchs In Texas: We Have a Republic(an) Government A Postcard from the Kremlin . . . .
Back in the day, the Vietnam years, resisters against the military draft could muster an occasional bit of whimsy. A favorite button was about beer. But if truth is the first casualty of war, for many of us whimsy and a sense of humor were soon missing in action too. Draft resistance became a mass … Continue reading Say Hello to The New “Antiwar” Movement: It’s Already Winning
What Goes ‘Moo’ And Then Explodes? Gwynne Dyer — April 21, 2024 “When I do a puzzle with my daughters, there is usually an elephant next to a giraffe next to a rhino,” said Prof. Ron Milo of the Weizmann Institute of Science. “But if I was trying to give them a more realistic sense … Continue reading Gwynne Dyer: Cows that Blow Up, and Could Blast Our Future