Category Archives: history

Fukushima: Eight Years On

Posted on April 28, 2019 by cdsmiller17

Nuclear Waste There’s a lot of talk these days about climate change and sea pollution, but we tend to forget that a lot of our present problems may have been triggered by this event, eight years ago. Nuclear power was … Continue reading →

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Con-Federation: Canada and Its Provinces

Posted on April 23, 2019 by cdsmiller17

Our True North, Strong and Free (to fight with the rest) National character is a very potent force when it comes to motivating individuals to join together. Regional character does the opposite. However, when it comes to finding a common … Continue reading →

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The Real Reason Trump was Worried

Posted on April 19, 2019 by cdsmiller17

About the Russian Influence on the US Election Robert Mueller’s Special Investigation has now concluded. A redacted version is now in the public domain. A smoking gun has been spotted, but evidently no crime has been committed by the President. … Continue reading →

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We Didn’t Start the Fire: Or Did We?

Posted on April 17, 2019 by cdsmiller17

Notre Dame de Paris It came as a bit of a shock for most everyone with news of a fire at Our Lady of Paris on Monday evening. Now it seems that the first alarm at 6:20 pm was considered … Continue reading →

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Can What You Don’t Know Hurt You?

Posted on April 13, 2019 by cdsmiller17

Unacknowledged My daughter, Rosanna, and her husband watched this film on Netflix the other day. When they told me, I checked it out on YouTube. The whole film cannot be seen here, but a trailer can: So this film, by … Continue reading →

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Kenneth Branagh is the Old Shakespeare

Posted on April 10, 2019 by cdsmiller17

All Is True Well, this is a bit awkward: the film came out in the UK in February, but there doesn’t seem to be a release date for the U.S. or Canada. Even the UK DVD release will be later … Continue reading →

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The Other Side of the Coin in New France

Posted on April 4, 2019 by cdsmiller17

De Lotbiniére-Harwood In the early 1980’s, my mother challenged me to discover who the family of her first husband was. So I went to the Vancouver Public Library and started the bury my head in the Who’s Who of Canada. … Continue reading →

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Optics: Canadian Politics as a Game

Posted on April 3, 2019 by cdsmiller17

Game of Thrones? Two important Liberal members of parliament were exiled yesterday, cast into the outer darkness by their leader. Why? Because Jody Wilson-Raybould and Janet Philpott questioned the handling of a delicate legal matter by said leader, Justin Trudeau. … Continue reading →

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First the Plague, Then a Fire (1665-1666)

Posted on April 2, 2019 by cdsmiller17

The Great Plague of London 1665 The rats came to England from Europe on Dutch ships and their fleas brought the bubonic plague with them. This wasn’t the first time that the Black Death had killed people in Europe and … Continue reading →

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(Are We the) April Fools Today?

Posted on April 1, 2019 by cdsmiller17

Court Jester It’s a relevant image: when the news is so serious that you have to make fun of it for it to be bearable, you have to start playing the Fool. In Tarot, the Fool card has no number. … Continue reading →

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