#humanitarian values

Remember that saying, “The more things change, the more they stay the same”?  ‘Tis true, my friends!  Yesterday I came across a post on Jane Fritz’ blog, Robby Robin’s Journey, that exemplified this as much as anything could.  The poem she highlights, written by Charlie Chaplin in 1940, has as much meaning for us today as it had 85 years ago, and is better than any modern day work I’ve come…

When I first heard the term “woke” used to describe humanitarianism, I thought it was a rather dumb term.  Not the meaning, but the word itself … why can’t we simply call humanitarian values … humanitarianism?  Oh, I know … that word is too long for many on the right to say every time they want to insult us humanitarians!  They needed something with punch, a single syllable word that they would…

My phone reminded me this morning that today is Canada Day!  I dug back through my archives to see if I had a good Canada Day post I could reprise, since I was running out of time, and I discovered, much to my self-annoyance, that I had only done Canada Day posts two years — back in 2017 & 2018 — and neither of them were particularly informative.  This year, more than ever before, I want to…

Something To Think About …

Since becoming largely disabled due to a heart condition in early September, one of the things I have been able to do is spend more time reading!  Way back in the day, I used to read 3-4 books of an average 450 pages each, every week.  But then … I began blogging, Donald Trump came on the scene, the clowns took over the country, and my days and nights were suddenly filled with trolling the news…

The Conversation — Part III (Conclusion)

This is the third and final part of my series about … anything and everything!  I’ve really enjoyed this, felt like I was actually chatting with Mary all the time.  I hope you guys feel free to chime in on any aspect or topic addressed here.  As with the first two, Mary’s comment is in normal text, my responses are in blue.

And none of this mentions the third world countries and the horrible…

Did We Forget To Be Human?

The news from Ghouta takes a backseat to the affair between Donald Trump & Stormy Daniels in the U.S. media.  An extra-marital affair, a payoff, misuse of campaign funds, are all juicier news to the average consumer of news in the U.S. than 1,000 dead and 4,800 wounded so far in 2018 in a nation on the other side of the globe.  Even our leaders turn a blind eye, caring more about partisan…