Year: 2022
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Creating Mindsets
One always needs to be cautious about what they read in news reports. In a recent article, “China’s War Against Taiwan has Already Started” in The Atlantic Magazine, author and Staff Writer Anne Applebaum recounts how a 2018 incident was spun by the Chinese Communist Party: In 2018, a typhoon stranded thousands of people at…
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The Case For Trump
The human body is an incredible machine, in its function, integration, adaptability, and resilience. Yet for all the good it is and it can do, they all produce shit. Shit can be the conveyer of new life, through the seeds it might carry and the fertilizer it provides or it can be an obstacle, or…
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Dishwasher
Our dishwasher sensed a leak and shut itself down. The machine’s response to this event is in itself interesting and prompts several questions, including: how did the dishwasher sense the leak? How is it that the sensor was in the right place to sense the leak? Yet, selfishly, the more immediate problem is that we…
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Tea and Sympathy
Friday we visited the Ontario Legislative Building for a tour followed by a high tea. The tour started in the front hall of the building. From there we went to the second floor into the Legislative Chamber. We then continued down the hall of the East Wing of the building to the Premier’s office. On…
