We Canucks have to laugh, we’re so used to this.
There is absolutely no point in being offended because the lack of knowledge is quite genuine and I dare say rarely willful.
These men mentioned at DashHouse are working on doctorates in Boston Mass.
Sigh.
The ignorance doesn’t speak to individuals as much as it speaks to education and [...]

Doing a bit of leap blogging yesterday, I mostly saw political commentary on the bombing in Madrid.
There were exceptions, bloggers that paused to understand the terrible toll this has taken on people out going about their lives…mothers, fathers, brothers and sisters.
Dry Bones Dance is worried about a friend and posts eloquently under some days it [...]

Joe Carter (pundit, god-blogger, milblogger, war-blogger) of the evangelical outpost is shipping out to Iraq in the fall.

In the sub-division of the god-blogs where Catholic, Protestant, Orthodox and ‘tweeners exist, there are sub-sub-divisions.
relapsed catholic coined the term St. Blog’s which is a list of Catholic blogs from various and sundry places. I really liked this review of St. Blog’s in Commonweal.
Intrigued by the genre, I set out to explore the most visible [...]

President Roh Moo-hyun of South Korea has been impeached.
The country of 47 million is holding an election next month.
Police forcibly removed MP’s after three days of bitter debate.
The vote for impeachment was 193-2.
Prime Minister Goh Kun is now acting head of state.
The main charge against Mr Roh is that he violating his neutrality as president [...]

Richard Hall posts about a robin that wound up in England.
Bird watchers flocked to see it.
A sparrow-hawk showed up and had lunch.
End of story.
A robin participated in an event in my life.
Someone I loved more than life itself had just been diagnosed with cancer.
The surgery was quick and critical, recovery tenuous, complications life-draining.
It was spring.
The [...]

I’ve noticed when I post about Canadian politics more than a day in a row, hits go down significantly.
Almost half actually.
I’m not interested in doing commentary, I recognize I’m too cynical and dismissive, but I am interested in linking up to varying points of view.
I genuinely struggle to keep my opinion down to as few [...]

I have to smile.
IreneQ sent me an email last night asking if I would mention that Malaysians are going into an election in a few weeks. I saw her post about covering politics on her blog yesterday and it was on my to-do list.
Most people don’t know where the country is and the difficulties [...]