Commentary

  • A corporate lie

    A corporate lie

    I was once a leader…or so I thought. My corporate bosses told me so, and as a manager leading a team of project coordinators, I was expected to believe them. They told me that I was an essential cog in the wheel. I was also expected to follow the corporate line by convincing my team Read more

  • Indoctrination Successes and Failures

    Indoctrination Successes and Failures

    … I am afraid that education is conceived more in terms of indoctrination by most school officials than in terms of enlightenment. My own belief is that education must be subversive if it is to be meaningful. By this I mean that it must challenge all the things we take for granted, examine all accepted… Read more

  • Your lips, my lips, Apocalypse

    Life is for the living.Death is for the dead.Let life be like music.And death a note unsaid. –Langston Hughes Cigarettes After Sex is a pretty cool name for a band. I was blissfully unaware of their existence just over a year ago until I stumbled upon Falling in Love from their second album, Cry. I’ll Read more

  • The democratic dream: you have to be asleep to believe it

    There was a time when I truly believed that voting was a right, a privilege, and a civic duty. I used to think that voting made a difference and led to change for the better. It took three decades of bitter disappointment to disabuse me of that naive notion. I don’t vote in political elections Read more

  • Holiday all day, every day

    Not sentimental or religious, I wasn’t particularly drawn to any holiday, public or otherwise. My favourite holiday was any day I didn’t have to be at work. What’s not to like about that? Since retiring, I’ve lost track of holidays and must be reminded when one comes around, since every day is now a holiday. Read more

  • What a book, a song and a movie says about American politics

    The content critiques Donald Trump’s presidency, highlighting his failed economic policies, scandals within his administration, and Elon Musk’s unpopular role, suggesting a chaotic deterioration of American institutions and public trust. Read more