Tuesday, December 31, 2024

Humanity is cooler than it used to be

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The conventional wisdom has always been that the "normal" temperature of the healthy human body is 98.6°F (37.0°C). In reality, th...
Monday, December 30, 2024

Coetzee's Jesus trilogy is strange but compelling

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I have just finished J.M. Coetzee's Jesus trilogy:  The Childhood of Jesus , The Schooldays of Jesus and The Death of Jesus . And a ve...

American EV sales increase while gas car sales decrease

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By now, we're well used to the narrative that electric vehicle (EV) sales in the USA have sputtered to an ignominious halt in recent mon...
Saturday, December 28, 2024

2025 is coming, and all bets are off

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We're approaching the end of the year - and what an ugly year! - the time when the financial eggheads and whizzes at the Globe and Mail ...
Friday, December 27, 2024

Is Amazon really evil?

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I try not to use Amazon. I prefer to shop locally, where at all possible. If I have to shop online, I at least try to shop Canadian. Usually...
Saturday, December 21, 2024

Chrystia Freeland - folk hero or party apparatchik?

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There is a danger that outgoing Finance Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland comes to be seen as some sort of folk hero or a...
Friday, December 20, 2024

Breaking news: expedition to prove that the Earth is round

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A group of prominent flat-earthers made a (very expensive) trip down to Antarctica to see first-hand whether there was indeed 24-hour sunli...
Saturday, December 14, 2024

Good riddance to Jordan Peterson

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Right-wind firebrand Jordan Peterson is leaving Canada to live and work in the USA. He says of Canada, "It's become uncomfortable ...