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Memorial Day
We saw you, America.
In Belleau Wood and Bastogne, at Normandy and Guadalcanal, from Chosin to Kandahar, they did what was asked of them. Wherever they fell, they did what was asked of them.
We know. We knew them.
We see you honor them.We see you, America. pic.twitter.com/K1NQdWgpqN
— Canadian Forces in 🇺🇸 (@CAFinUS) May 28, 2022
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Music of the Week
Posted: 2022 May 28
Words of the Week
“To do nothing is in everyone’s power.” - Samuel Johnson
Source: John Robson's Words Worth NotingPosted: 2022 May 28
Tweet of the Week
28 May 1941 | In the evening a transport of 304 Poles deported by Germans from #Warsaw arrived at #Auschwitz. Among them were 12 priests, including a Franciscan Maximilian Kolbe (no. 16670) who on 29 July 1941 offered his life to save a prisoner selected for starvation death. pic.twitter.com/1cCd9ae0kq
— Auschwitz Memorial (@AuschwitzMuseum) May 28, 2022
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Category Archives: Politics and Policy
A Stark Choice
Democracy is hard work, but worth it. Continue reading
Posted in Politics and Policy, Thinking Broadly
Tagged Citizenship, Community, Critical Thinking
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AKA The Truth Will Out
I hate sticky. Continue reading
Posted in New Perspectives, Politics and Policy, Thinking Broadly
Tagged Citizenship, Community, Critical Thinking
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The Horse
“In Canada, those [government] powers do not include arbitrary imprisonment and torture. But if the public is complicit or indifferent, they are very sweeping, including infringing freedom of speech and worship.” Continue reading
New. But Normal?
A small course correction? Continue reading
Posted in Feeling Clearly, New Perspectives, Politics and Policy
Tagged Attitudes, Citizenship, Community
6 Comments
Reason to Believe
Who are these guys? And can we get some new ones? Continue reading
To Eat, Perchance to Dine
The collision of language, citizenship, and politics. Continue reading
Posted in Language and Communication, Politics and Policy, Thinking Broadly
Tagged Citizenship, Community
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Incoming!
Not a partisan issue, although we keep trying to make it into one. Continue reading
MAiD: And Again
Excerpts from two more pieces on MAiD. Continue reading
Seriously?
“Do or do not. There is no try.” Yoda Continue reading