So we have had, apparently, our first terrorist attacks on Canadian soil since the rise of ISIS/ISIL. Two Canadian soldiers run down in a parking lot, and another shot while standing guard at the Canadian War Memorial, while holding his unloaded rifle (as policy dictated). Two soldiers murdered, both by young men who […]
As a thought experiment, I will sometimes ask people what their first impression is when they see a police car (here, in Ontario, an O.P.P. vehicle). Almost invariably, the answer is ‘fear’. I find this curious, that we fear those who are deputed by the State to ‘protect and serve’, as indeed they should, for […]
It needs no expertise in sociology to determine that the family is in trouble. It seems now as though the ‘intact’ family (parents, a male and a female, with the requisite chromosomes, married but once and still together, along with their children) is the exception and not the norm. The same is becoming true […]
So cried the unfortunate Mr. Bumble towards the end of the musical version of the Dickensian classic, Oliver! I had the opportunity to play the rumbunctious character a few years ago here at the college, complete with pillow to fatten me up, and I quite enjoyed the opportunity to shout the phrase to my students […]
One of my readers mentioned, a propos the post on multiculturalism, whether or not we here in Canada even have a culture worth annihiliating. A pertinent question, and one that I have pondered. What, in fact, is Canadian culture? Such a question may bring to mind a number of associations: Maple trees and syrup, backyard […]
I’ve been pondering of late whether there can be such a thing really as multiculturalism, especially in light of recent disturbing revelations coming out of Rotheringham, England, where a under-age sex-ring was conducted, mainly by men from Pakistan, right under the noses of the police and the inaptly-named ‘children’s’ aid’. Muslim culture has a […]