When studying in India most of the Hindus I encountered seemed to be friendly, welcoming people. Sure, there were a few exceptions but on the whole, I found Hindus to be decent, tolerant people who knew what mattered most in life. But a disturbing trend has been brewing, perhaps catalyzed by the 1948 assassination of… Read More Mohandas Gandhi – Another great literally shot down while promoting peace
There was a time when some young people felt that Remembrance Day was an unnecessary leftover from a time gone past. But I think with Putin’s madness and Xi flaming about the possibility of war, everyone is now aware of how terrible war is. No sane person wants war. But it does happen. And when… Read More What are you fighting for?
The past day or so I’ve been having this sick feeling that China is just watching to see what happens and might ultimately side with Russia – more firmly, that is – and together the two authoritarian powers will try to take on the world. We all know what would happen next. The war in… Read More Opinion | Watching and Waiting
Hi everyone. This was recorded thru a ‘new’ computer — all explained in the podcast. The sorta borderline sound quality is from just using the built-in mic with the Windows Record App. I did my best to clarify it. Sounds sorta like those folks on TV corresponding from a foreign country. But I guess in… Read More What’s Your Eternal Reward? – Podcast
“Love Train” (see last time) reminds me of another big song, “Peace Train” by Cat Stevens. After converting to Islam Cat Stevens (as Yusuf Islam) made some comments which attracted a lot of negative press and reactions from fellow musicians. Cat Stevens at one time wrote beautiful, insightful songs that I thoroughly enjoyed as a… Read More ☮️☮️☮️ Radio Peace ☮️☮️☮️
A new book offers a version of history in which we lived for thousands of years in large and complex societies without kings or cops Source: Our ancient ancestors may have been more civilized than we are – Macleans.ca Opinion: Sex and violence: The dual recipe for ‘success’ in the popular TV and literature we… Read More Our ancient ancestors may have been more civilized than we are – Macleans.ca | Opinion
A source says the health procedure was unacceptable amid reports France was protecting Mr Macron’s DNA. Source: Macron refused to take Russian Covid test – BBC News Opinion: I laughed when I saw this headline. Not a lot of trust if Macron is concerned about the Russians pilfering his DNA in a Covid test. This… Read More Macron refused to take Russian Covid test – BBC News | Opinion
For a while, I admired the US as a bastion of freedom. I tried to encourage positive dialog with US bloggers. That wasn’t always easy. There were a few enlightened US bloggers but sometimes with other bloggers I felt that old, stereotypical American xenophobia kicking in… “Oh, he’s Canadian… he just doesn’t know how inferior… Read More America’s conflicted liberals playing a dangerous game… for what?
Louis and Stella meet the Deadheads and are pleasantly surprised! © 2022, Michael William Clark. All rights reserved. Did you miss part of the story? Find it here! Things, indeed, were almost rotten to the core in both centuries. There was little difference between the old plunder by the blade and post-20th century corruption. Louis recalled… Read More The Chronicles of Louis Brandon, Time Traveler – Chapter 8, Part 2
Hey guys n’ gals, some of you will recognize this from a few days back. Based on my blog entry, Religions of the world – Too many “hurt feelings,” not enough mature thinking, where you can see the original text and photos that go with this!
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