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3.26.2025

music, baseball, history and ribs: yep, we're still going

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Canadians are supposedly choosing to boycott travel to the US now. I include that "supposedly" because most Canadians were probabl...
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3.24.2025

thoughts on canadian nationalism and the upcoming election

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Canada is in the throes of a massive patriotic lovefest, pushing back against the expansionist rhetoric pouring out of the White House. I of...
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3.16.2025

a problem with a hero: the antisemitism of george orwell

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I've written many times about my views on the practice of shunning certain art or entertainment based on the morals or habits of the cre...
2.24.2025

rtod: a folk song is what's wrong and how to fix it

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Revolutionary thought of the day: "I think real folk stuff scares most of the boys around Wahsington. A folk song is what's wrong...
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in which i scour the internet for signs of resistance and wonder if anyone is organizing a general strike

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Where is the resistance?  My question is not "where is the outrage, why is no one resisting," and so forth. There is always resist...
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2.21.2025

thoughts about what's happening in the u.s.

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I haven't been able to write anything coherent about what's happening in the US. All I have is a jumble of disconnected thoughts and...
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1.19.2025

we movie to canada: best of "what i'm watching" 2024

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These are the best movies and series I watched in 2024, in no particular order. Five stars: the best of the best Ripley This latest adaptati...
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1.08.2025

memories of my niece eva

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Eva Kaminker Andres was one of the very best people I have ever known. Remembering Eva, it's difficult not to be effusive. You might thi...
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