The Right View in Myanmar
As a practicing Buddhist, it is horrifying to witness the legions of Buddhists in Myanmar targeting the predominantly Muslim RohingyaContinue Reading
Category: Current Affairs
Keep Telling Their Stories, Joseph Boyden
The public assault on Joseph Boyden earlier this year was as mystifying as it was senseless and infuriating. Out ofContinue Reading
Listen For The Fighting Spirits
The rash of celebrity deaths by suicide in the past few years suggests another sad, preventable cultural trend is onContinue Reading
Canadian Racism On Trial
Because I’m a black man who isn’t living under a rock I’ve been forced to think a lot about racism lately.
American Justice, in Black and White
I want white, law-abiding Americans to try and imagine what it must feel like to know there’s a chance that,Continue Reading
Blackberry Burn Unit
I work in a place that makes me want to shove everyone’s precious little blackberry up their arse. Scores ofContinue Reading
There is Some Sh*t I Will Not Eat
A morning radio host where I live was recently suspended after posting videos caricaturing people who live in a particularContinue Reading
The Coffee Sucks, Don’t Let Them Tell You Otherwise
Two young women in the lineup at Starbucks behind me were talking about Tim Horton’s, a large Canadian coffee franchiseContinue Reading
Bu-Bye Harper, From a Beleaguered Civil Servant
(Written in November 2015) Canadians from all corners of this vast country voted last fall to oust Stephen Harper’s ConservativesContinue Reading
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Ho! Ho! Hold Your “Holiday Cups”!
It’s that time of year again. Christmas. I’ve never been keen on the consumerist, golden-calf worship that typifies much ofContinue Reading
Words Fly Up, Thoughts Remain Below
In my first few years of university I was a business major and had plans to become a wealthy debutante,Continue Reading
So Sick of the Sausage Factory
Woe is humanity, suffering the legions of uber-douche bags crushing their spirits. I refer to this potent variety of toxicContinue Reading
Remember to Laugh, Otherwise it’s Ashes to Ashes
Despite my struggle to exercise ideological forbearance in his life, my son sees certain things critically in his own right. I am relieved; he’s already destined not to be a cultural dupe, but has his own mind as to why he’s unconvinced, a doubt that is more rooted in inquisitiveness than stridency. It makes me beam with pride.
Dear Fellow Aggrieved Citizens, Stop Honking Your &%#! Horn in Protest. Signed, Edmund
I live in a city where the weather fluctuates from Sahara desert-like heat in summer to Antarctic cold, snowstorms andContinue Reading
Black History in Canada: A Slave to Athletic Success?
Here is the first thought that came to mind when I saw the above poster to celebrate Black History MonthContinue Reading
