Category Archives: Personal
Thanks a Trillion
“Wrong does not cease to be wrong because the majority share in it,” said Leo Tolstoy in his A Confession. Americans got a sobering and slightly angering dose of that reality early last week when a new economic report revealed … Continue reading
Misery and Company
Few know it, but I cut my teeth on international work four decades ago in Bangladesh. It was a sobering and humbling experience. A terrible war, hunger, excessive flooding due to a furious monsoon season, and the ongoing animosities between … Continue reading
Confessions of a Hockey Widower
According to the Urban Dictionary, a “hockey widow” is “a woman who is married to a man who is so obsessively involved with hockey that it keeps him away from home.” That’s me, except technically I’m defined as a “hockey … Continue reading
Glen, Cheer Up
SOMEBODY WHO REGULARLY FOLLOWS these blogs posts said to me in a downtown coffee shop this week: “Glen, the subject of your latest posts speaks to the most pressing problems we face right now. The problem is that people … Continue reading
Who Knew?
They were violently wrenched apart at only four months of age. Too young to understand what happened, they likely were terrified by the sound of gunshots and their mother covered in blood. One was immediately ushered away while the other … Continue reading
I Love Politics
I know, this is a bit of a surprise coming from me. Often on record for registering my disillusionment from what has happened to the political order in general, and the House of Commons specifically, I nevertheless possess a deep … Continue reading
System Living
When he was young, Winston Churchill used to have nightmares about living a mundane life. He had witnessed his society slowly settle from its own weight, its people more interested in what they acquired than what they did. The days … Continue reading
Identity – Counting the Cost
Below is a post I wrote over two years ago and describing the remarkable toll on families politics can take, especially for those with younger children. I include it here because of a request from someone who is thinking of … Continue reading
Identity – United We Fall
At some point you have to stick up for yourself. That is especially true in politics, where countless people come after you with their own agendas. If you don’t, you might lose their vote. And if you accede to what … Continue reading
Choose Posterity
I have reached the age where it requires a longer gaze to look back than to look ahead – the years are passing more rapidly. Belief in living one’s life for the broader world has providing for rich experience and … Continue reading