Category Archives: How the World Really Works

Links of the Month: January 2021

Posted on January 14, 2021 by Dave Pollard

The Underhoused: Tent cities in (upper left) Vancouver BC, (upper right) Portland OR, and (lower right) new tents on a street in Nanaimo BC. The Vancouver site was bulldozed and converted to a playground. A new Portland tent city site … Continue reading →

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All the Things I Was Wrong About

Posted on January 11, 2021 by Dave Pollard

Caravaggio’s 1601 painting The Incredulity of St Thomas, based on the biblical story that gave rise to the expression “Doubting Thomas”. Image from wikipedia, in the public domain. One of the downsides of keeping a blog is that it leaves … Continue reading →

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Why Can’t We See?

Posted on January 9, 2021 by Dave Pollard

AP photo by John Minchillo It’s been fascinating to see the response of what passes for “progressives” in western nations to what has unfolded in the US over the past few days. Suddenly they’ve gone all Law & Order, wanting … Continue reading →

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On Being a Bird

Posted on January 4, 2021 by Dave Pollard

“The peregrine lives in a pouring-away world of no attachment, a world of wakes and tilting, of sinking planes of land and water. We who are anchored and earth-bound cannot envision this freedom of the eye. The hardest thing of … Continue reading →

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Several Short Sentences About… (Greenland) Sharks

Posted on December 31, 2020 by Dave Pollard

Greenland shark swimming under an ice flow in the Canadian arctic WIKIMEDIA COMMONS (CC BY-SA 4.0) I‘ve written these “several short sentences” articles before about two astonishing creatures — jellyfish and bats. This article is about another ancient resident of … Continue reading →

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The Purpose of Work

Posted on December 20, 2020 by Dave Pollard

child labourers, Pennsylvania, 1910, photo by Lewis Hine in the National Archives The word “work” originally meant “what we do”, and came into use around 900 years ago. At that time it was mostly about craftwork, and the design and … Continue reading →

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Links of the Month: December 2020

Posted on December 15, 2020 by Dave Pollard

I’ve been listening to some amazing music from country-rock band Little Big Town about what it’s like to be a woman growing up and living in a patriarchy. Two samples (click on the titles for YouTube videos of the songs): … Continue reading →

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The Illusion of Democracy: A World Gone Mad Part 2

Posted on December 12, 2020 by Dave Pollard

Voters in most so-called western democracies could not be blamed if they feel a bit like innocent bystanders caught in the crossfire of a gang war: Whew! We dodged the Trump bullet, but damn! now Biden’s taking aim! The problem … Continue reading →

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Some Are More Equal Than Others: A World Gone Mad Part 1

Posted on December 10, 2020 by Dave Pollard

Some people I know think the world has gone mad. I agree with them, but not for the reasons they cite. They think it’s mad for people to be “forced” to wear masks and to stay away from work or … Continue reading →

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What Price Freedom?

Posted on December 1, 2020 by Dave Pollard

Image by kaaathi from Pixabay CC0 I have argued before that there is no such thing as an “inalienable right” — in a civilized society, rights and freedoms are granted to us in return for commensurate responsibilities, and balanced against … Continue reading →

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