“Sedition Watch.” This feature brings up “dots” of data that come onto my radar screen, which I’m working to connect. The implications of the potential connections are unsettling, and I hope the authorities are watching. The elements here are straightforward: there are a lot of upset people, mostly guys, with guns out there, and with … Continue reading Sedition Watch: Signs of the Times
Friends– Last winter, I discovered the work of independent military analyst & columnist Gwynne Dyer. A Canadian based in London, his pieces have been consistently several cuts above almost everything else I have read since then about matters of war and peace.
Originally posted in July, 2009 In the current health-care melee, we hear much alarmist talk and Canada-bashing, aimed at their single-payer health system. A few days back, I had an unexpected chance to observe the Canadian system up close. What I saw was very instructive. Here’s what happened: on the last evening of a Toronto … Continue reading Dog Days Flashback: Enlightenment In A Canadian Emergency Room
At Thursday morning’s program (Jan. 15, 2009), attendance was down significantly from yesterday. Is it just me, or could the smiling positive pietism be wearing on the patience of many? The morning’s panel, entitled “Speak Truth to Power,” was another “surprise” lineup, not identified until we showed up. Yet in fact it was utterly predictable, … Continue reading Conference, Day Three: A Rule of Thumb & The Invisible Epistle
The conference speaker Wednesday night was a welcome improvement. Alexie Torres Fleming’s story is easy to summarize: born and raised poor in the south Bronx, she escaped from a collapsing neighborhood into middle class respectability, but then was drawn back to live and work in her home turf. She now operates a youth program.