Watching the news tonight and both CBC and CTV are talking about “Anger in the West” with lots of video of conservative talk show hosts in Calgary and folks in diners in Lethbridge mad as hell and not willing to take it any more. So let me just say something, as a Westerner. The West is not a seething homogenous conservative backwater. It is not united on this issue and it not any more angry than it usually is. Callers to Dave Rutherford’s show in Calgary are always angry, because Dave Rutherford is always angry. People …
This week in the feedreader: Alison on why the Canada-Colombia free trade agreement makes us complicit in human rights crimes. Lovely little non-verbal film on hope and traditional teachings. Doug Germann on why he is a lawyer. George Nemeth on doing small things Matthew Baldwin reviews great board games for 2008 Ravi Tangri’s blog, an Art of Hosting friend. Otto Scharmer on awakening the giant. Dave Pollard on what you can do to help Obama.
Received an email through the NCDD list asking for help in Texas… Galveston is in trouble. That is almost as much as I can say about the community here. My name is Jimmy Mai and I’m a Member with Americorps’ National Civilian Community Corps. We’re stationed in Galveston, TX doing needs assessment post- Hurricane Ike. In doing this, we are walking door to door and stopping people on the streets to see what they may need. From that we are making notes on whatever support they require and enter it into a nation-wide database called the Coordinated …
With tears of gratitude in my eyes, I point you to Nancy White’s passionate observation that the future for peaceful societies lies with the women and the girls. Since I was in Israel and Palestine last month, I have been struggling on how to write about my experience in a way that is not about judgement, but about reflecting what I saw. The tyranny of person over person is heartbreaking, regardless of the reasons and justifications we create. But from what I saw and learned about, women and children are victims as Israel and Palestine continue without a solution for …
From the feedreaders this week Ashley Cooper and Thomas Arthur make a film about standing up for love. Inkmaster Cuttle slams the US election Andy Borrows finds a beautiful line Myriam Laberge on the importance of purpose in engagement My Metafilter favourite of the week is on vegetable woodwinds. A new blog in my reader: VizThink John Abbe is enthusiastic about a new document collaboration tool called EtherPad Have a good weekend.