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Your Grandchildren, the Millennials, are Watching American Politics Unfold

February 5, 2017March 19, 2020

My grandson, Aiden, is one of the Millennials, just turning nineteen today. He is perched on the arm of a chair in the front room, his long legs reaching halfway across the carpet, blond hair punked in a short cut, a shadow of a beard on his chin. He takes… Read More »Your Grandchildren, the Millennials, are Watching American Politics Unfold

How to Survive the New Political Reality

November 27, 2016March 19, 2020

It’s almost three weeks in, and we’re still standing. I’ve done a lot of binge-watching about the new political reality in the US, checking in on CNN and CBC morning, noon and night, reading blogs about the election, writing about it, talking about it—I believe it’s critical to world safety… Read More »How to Survive the New Political Reality