by Diane | Feb 9, 2020 | Ethics
18th-Century French essayist Joseph Joubert wrote “It is better to debate a question without settling it than to settle a question without debating it.” George Steiner, a Franco-American literary critic, essayist, philosopher, novelist, and educator died...
by Diane | Jan 18, 2020 | Ethics, Religion / Spirituality
A rant. I have participated in interfaith meetings. There is something wrong when religious groups overlook overt hatred. We are living in world where appeasement is not only accepted, but expected. Evil history is repeating itself. Cardus, a non-partisan,...
by Diane | Jan 16, 2020 | Ethics, Politics, Religion / Spirituality
7 billion people: 2 billion Christians/Catholics: 2 billion Muslims: 14 million Jews I am introducing a new word into our lexicon. I didn’t come up with it. A friend did. And I thought, what a great word. JACISM Jacism; racism against the Jews. The word Jacism...
by Diane | Jan 12, 2020 | Ethics, Politics, Religion / Spirituality
Antisemitism kills. We survived the Holocaust. What did we learn? During Roman times Jews made up 10% of the population of the Roman Empire. Today, there should be 200 million Jews. Today, there are only 14 million Jews because of thousands of years of...
by Diane | Dec 17, 2019 | Ethics, Politics
A great deal is written about Indigenous peoples around the world. Archeologists have provided reams of information about first peoples on all continents. Canada’s First Nations people are genetically related to people in parts of Asia. There are more...
by Diane | Nov 22, 2019 | Ethics, News, Politics
When Justin Trudeau was elected PM of Canada in 2015 he declared: “To this country’s friends all around the world, many of you have worried that Canada has lost its compassionate and constructive voice in the world… We’re back.” I would ask, back where? The recently...
