Photo Memory of the Week
Backyard Blog
2026 Jun 04: Here's the front/backyard this week:
- the magnolia in its last showing
- two lilacs having fun with some reflections, starting with serendipity and ending with staged
Tag Archives: Public Policy
Caffeine, Anyone?
Another curious failure of our military-industrial complex under pandemic conditions. Continue reading
Redux: Wildfire
Cartoonists on the public payroll? I thought they were clowns. Continue reading
National Treasure #165: Elizabeth English
Find out why this American architect is a Canadian National Treasure. Continue reading
Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Through Canada
Tagged Community, Professionals, Public Policy, Technology
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Just Asking
Our distress around sex-selection abortion indicates that the slogans don’t capture all that we think or feel on this public policy issue. That realization leads to some difficult questions. The week before last, a CBC producer, reporter and stealth … Continue reading
By the Numbers
Looking at Canada’s recent immigration numbers churns up practical questions about how things are going. We can’t be afraid to ask. Growing up in Calgary in the 1960s, I knew what everyone knew: Edmonton was more cosmopolitan. Calgary had … Continue reading
And Justice for All
Wondering what “justice” means in our judicial system, in the context of “justice for the victim’s family.” Angela B. Corey, State Attorney in Florida and special prosecutor in the Trayvon Martin shooting case, wants justice for Trayvon and his … Continue reading
A Great Idea
Sharing information and viewpoints on complex public policy issues will almost certainly reduce disagreements; and just as certainly not eliminate them. Being in the desert isn’t all about hiking and birdwatching. Some of it is about being in a … Continue reading
Posted in Politics and Policy, Thinking Broadly
Tagged Community, Conversations, Public Policy
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Physics & the Presumption of Innocence
The case was notorious, although it never came to trial. Not that it mattered — the facts alleged by the Crown were so inflammatory and so widely believed that it would have been impossible to find a fair jury. Even … Continue reading
The Worst Approach to Politics
Many forms of Government have been tried, and will be tried in this world of sin and woe. No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed, it has been said that democracy is the worst form of Government … Continue reading