Is this the Fall of Rome?
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The good news is that Rome, like many other great civilizations, often flirted with decline without necessarily falling off the cliff. So our demise is far from a forgone or inevitable conclusion. Hope remains.
Month: June 2020
Make Canada Polite Again
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How polite are we really?
“Racism is very subtle in Canada; the micro-aggressions, imperceptible to the perpetrator, are part of what is seen as normal life.”
How to Think and Argue Well (a crash course)
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Prelude Is social media making us simple-minded? Are we losing our capacity for critical thought? Have our education institutions let us down? I believe the answer to all of these questions is YES. I have written about these subjects before, however, in the wake of recent scenes emerging from the US: The Amy Cooper video The […]