Society
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As someone who is slightly outside the usual demographic for video gamers, I periodically get asked what the appeal is. Of course, it’s usually phrased more like, “Don’t you have anything better to do with your life?” That depends on how you define better. The short answer is, “Nope.” Told you it was short. That’s…
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With no idea what to write tonight, I went and visited TED.com to surf for inspiration. I didn’t come away with the killer idea for my blog. That’s okay. I found lots of things to make me think, and they might lead to tomorrow’s post, or the one after that. No. Tonight I want to…
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Despite the fondest wishes of so many who opposed it, Greenpeace turned forty this year. I remember as a child back in the early ’70s listening to all the talk about this group of “hippies” that were interfering with nuclear testing. Because of the cold war, it seemed pretty obvious to a child like me…
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Okay, you’ve finally got me. I can’t take it any more. Our society is caught in a feedback loop and just like the feedback at a live concert, the whining is driving me nuts. Someone says, “One percent of the population controls most of the money while the other ninety-nine percent struggles.” and a media…
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So our provincial election is over. Dalton McGuinty and the Liberal Party returned for a third round but with a minority this time. That just gives them a handy excuse for anything they promised but don’t deliver on. All of that is irrelevant because so few people showed up to vote. We could have elected…
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Lynn and I drove back into town from our trailer to vote. Unfortunately, we came in at rush hour. Or in this case two hours of not rushing at all. The upside, such as it is, is all the time it gives to people watch. People in dense, slow moving traffic tend to do some…
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