A history written by losers is every bit as misleading as one written by winners. When I was a young boy my father would take me out fishing or hunting and he would say things like: “no white man has ever been here before.” which would make the forest seem…

“Nights through dreams tell the myths forgotten by day.” — C.G. Jung I play the lottery. I like the dreaming it inspires. I won’t win, I know that, but each week I get to dream that maybe I have won.. for a few moments I feel free from all care…

I read Nineteen Eighty Four when I was twenty two years old and very impressionable. Naturally I was instantly concerned with government overreach and nefarious social conditioning after reading it. I remember running across town to see my girlfriend just to tell her that I loved her… simply because I…

The great surrealist film director Luis Buñuel once said: “If the devil were to offer me a resurgence of what is commonly called virility, I’d decline. Just keep my liver and lungs in good working order, I’d reply, so I can go on drinking and smoking!” …

Every vote counts. Yes, I suppose it does, but does it matter? I’m not so sure. I’ve yet to see a riding that was won by a single vote. I think that in this election there was one that was separated by nine votes and I remember one that was…

I used to get into fights in school. A lot of fights. We would meet at ‘the creek’ and beat the crap out of each other. Sometimes we would walk away friends afterwards. Sometimes we’d fight again the next day. I probably won as many as I lost over all…

I recently read an article entitled ‘Special Snowflake My Ass: Why Labels Matter’ and it was reasonably compelling. ‘Special Snowflake’ My Ass: Why Identity Labels Matter Let’s debunk some myths about identity labels, shall we?theestablishment.co The author made the argument that the labels they apply to themselves (the authors label of choice was ‘asexual’) matter and we should respect them because;