Post-truth – Word of the Year
Post-truth encompasses fake news on the Internet and in corporate media, numerous stories and issues ignored, politics, packaged as a game, and elections, as a … Read more
Month: December 2016
Optimal winter health
Winter’s short days can make us feel lethargic and a little depressed; the long hours spent indoors hibernating on the couch can have a major … Read more
A triumphant soundtrack for our times
For the greater part of 82 years, Leonard Cohen wrote, recorded and performed a sometimes bleak, sometimes joyful, soundtrack of our times. Even from his … Read more
Rescuing the Canadian Economy
Our federal government appears to be hell-bent to ratify and implement CETA, the 600-page Canada-Europe treaty that few, if any, members of parliament have read. … Read more
Housing crisis a public health emergency
Some physicians have gone so far as to label homelessness a palliative diagnosis. Not having a home can be lethal. Homelessness causes premature death, poor … Read more
Diluted bitumen unsafe in any waters and should be banned
Bitumen, the product being extracted from the Northern Alberta and Saskatchewan Tar Sands operations, is similar to bunker crude. It also must be heated to … Read more
Billions wasted on cholesterol myth
DRUG BUST by Alan Cassels The alleged benefits of lowering our cholesterol have never materialized and we have wasted tens of billions of dollars over … Read more
Hard work trump fear and hate
SCIENCE MATTERS by David Suzuki We can’t count on governments to make the changes we so desperately need. It’s up to us. We must be … Read more
StarWise – December 2016 – January 2017
STARWISE by Mac McLaughlin The US is in the double cycle of Rahu until 2018 Alexander the Great consulted his astrologers as to how long … Read more
Leaving a bad relationship
UNIVERSE WITHIN by Gwen Randall-Young What makes them stay in a bad relationship? Often, they may not have felt loved and secure in childhood and … Read more