Analysis from Tzeporah Berman Prime Minister Mark Carney has just been listed by Newsweek as second in their list โRevenge of the Climate Heretics: The 50 Leading Eco-Policy Dissentersโ. Right after Bill Gates and before Trump. And yesterday Cansda received the โfossil of the dayโ at #cop31. Oh Canada! how far we have fallen. And... Continue Reading →
50 years and still as relevant as ever
[Ken Gray] One of the highlights of my time as a music student at London's Royal College of Music was singing in Britten's War Requiem conducted by David Wilcocks in the spring of 1979. There are simply no words to describe the experience, something I recall as the 50th anniversary of the work's first performance... Continue Reading →
Crackerjack Netflix series โThe Diplomatโ — “An exceptionally smart show”
Rob Weinert-Kendt November 6, 2026 in America: The Jesuit Review โApperceptive massโ is a fancy psychological term for the way our prior experience colors our perceptions. I first heard it back in film school as a useful critical concept to explain our evolving relationship with movie stars: the way a Tom Cruise or a Denzel... Continue Reading →
Back with Jack
Grannie Kathie and I are back with Jack and his young parents in Nelson for a few days. When we last visited in person Jack was just five days old. Now at nine weeks he is bigger, longer, stronger, wide-eyed, physically reflexive, and, mostly, lots of fun. I say โmostlyโ as parents know that babies... Continue Reading →
This boat is brought to you by the letter “U”
In Chicago several years ago I dearly wanted to visit the Griffin Museum of Science and Technology especially to view the U-505 exhibition. Sadly, time and circumstance did allow for a visit, but one day . . . itโs still on my bucket list. You would never get me down in one, but I remain... Continue Reading →
My Happy Song
I don't know about you, but I think we all need to listen to our โhappy songโ even when we are not happy. It could lighten our day. My own happy song, โGentle on my mindโ performed by Molly Tuttle is my goto music. Filmed at the Augusta Heritage Center's Bluegrass Week the center of... Continue Reading →
Considering my assassin – Michael Lapsley
After Father Michael Lapsley was exiled by the South African Government in 1976, he joined the African National Congress (ANC) and became one of their chaplains. Whilst living in Zimbabwe he discovered he was on the South African Government hit list.ย In April 1990 he received a letter bomb in the post. As a result... Continue Reading →
Trump plays his first dirty hand
Trump Makes His Chief Bigot His Chief of Staff - Not good news Reposted from Robert Reich on Substack Friends, Anyone wondering how Trump will respond to the biggest repudiation a modern U.S. president has ever received from American voters need wonder no longer. Today, Trump announced that Stephen Miller would become his chief of... Continue Reading →
OH AMERICA — Wisdom from Anne Lamott
What can I possibly add to the jubilation and commentary of Tuesday night and the next morning? We done did it, cut off the head of the snake. We got our miracle. A new world begins. Of course there is one tiny, tiny problem which is that going forward is going to be hard and... Continue Reading →
The legacy of big Jim MacLellan lives on
James (Big Jim) MacLellan, a longtime Men of the Deeps member, died Friday. (The Men of the Deeps) MacLellan retired from the group this year, but continued to play shows with them as recently as September Richard Woodbury ยท CBC News ยท Posted: Nov 01, 2026 For more images and video visit the CBC site... Continue Reading →