The Mystery of Right and Wrong by Wayne Johnston, Knopf Canada, 2021 - My first introduction to Wayne Johnston was his book ‘The Colony of Unrequited Dreams’, which I think is as good a book as has ever been written in Canada. ‘The Mystery of Right and Wrong’ is a much more difficult novel than …
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Isn’t that Super-Preen Court in ‘Murica something? As if striking down federal law related to abortion isn’t enough, they’ve overturned state legislation related to gun control and wiped out legislation aimed at saving the planet from climate change catastrophe. Talk about your men in black (and one woman). I can hardly wait for the justices …
Have you ever participated in setting up or opening a ‘time capsule’? You know, you and/or a group of friends collect a number of things/articles that represent the ‘spirit of your time’, or a particular moment in the life of a group, and you put them in a box, which is then buried or put …
A Battle Won by S. Thomas Russell, Berkley Books 2010 - How often do you open a book by an author you don’t know and find a dedication inside to someone you do know? It seems that S. Thomas Russell, like me, lives on Vancouver Island (I assume he must live in or near the …
With inflation running wild, prices skyrocketing, world-wide supply chains in disarray, climate calamities an every day occurrence, agricultural output sagging, investment markets in a tail-spin and Vlad (the impaler) Pootine’s war in the U-Crane still raging, the average person is feeling the financial squeeze. In fact, the only people with a reason to smile are …
When you start comparing ‘apples and oranges’, most people view this as a sign that your argument is on shaky ground. Apparently most people doesn’t include a few elected Publicans in ‘Murica, especially when it comes to defending guns for everyone. House minority whipper Stevie (the Wonder) Scaldmeez says ‘Muricans didn’t ban planes when they …
THE LIGHT THROUGH THE LEAVES BY GLENDY VANDERAH, Lake Union Publishing, 2021 – Here’s a story about one of the more chilling parental nightmares – a baby abduction. Ellis has just seen her husband with another woman. She takes her children to a forested park area where her twins begin fighting and she’s so distraught …
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The spokesman for the National Rifle Association (NRA) says that the best way to stop a bad person with a gun is to have a good person with a gun. Tell that to the supermarket security guard in Buffalo killed by someone better armed and wearing body armor. Stop the school shootings? The NRA says …
Operation Angus by Terry Fallis, McClelland & Stewart, 2021 – Although this is my first foray into the Fallis’ opus, Operation Angus is the third story involving an unlikely set of characters. Angus McLintock is the Member of Parliament for Cumberland-Prescott, Minister of State for International Relations and a former professor of mechanical engineering. The …
There’s quite a storm brewing in ‘Murica now that the GHIT’s appointees on the SuperPreen Court are set to strike down the fifty year old law that legalized abortion. The ‘Publican Party and their traditional supporters are making sure that the moment the law is struck down, every kind of abortion will be illegal in …
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