I was planning to take a break this week from writing Listen Up. It can be difficult to find meaningful topics with enough substance for about one thousand words on a weekly basis. So, when I come up empty, as I did until today, I know that it is time […]
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Listen Up! Revolution?
Image: An Instagram post advertising a month-long “Youth Summer Program” at the pro-Palestinian encampment at McGill University is being denounced by the university administration. (PHOTO BY @sphrmcgill on Instagram). In Montreal this week, at McGill University, there was a call for young people to participate in a “revolutionary” youth summer […]
Read MoreListen Up! Don’t worry, be happy??
As many will know by now, Muskoka made the front page of the Toronto Star this past week. The headline read, “Battle brews in Muskoka over new hospitals.” The article, in my view, is heavily biased toward Bracebridge, most likely generated by hospital activists in that community. I am not […]
Read MoreListen Up! Between a rock and a hard place
Well, it has happened: Donald Trump has been convicted on 34 counts of fraud. I lost a bet on that one. I was convinced he would be acquitted. Instead, Donald Trump is the first President of the United States of America to become a felon, at least until the appeals […]
Read MoreAn alternate view on Trump | Commentary
Editor’s note: This commentary was submitted before May 30, 2024, when Trump was found guilty on 34 counts in the New York vs. Trump trial. By Hibberd V. B. Kline, III In response to your May 5, 2024, Listen Up!, I agree wholeheartedly with Liz Chaney that U.S. voters should […]
Read MoreListen Up! Did the pandemic change things? | Commentary
I sometimes wonder whether the world and our particular place in it have been irrevocably changed by the COVID-19 pandemic. I am coming to the conclusion that they have. I am not sure why that is, but I believe people are angrier now, more concerned about their individual rights, more […]
Read MoreBias: The unnecessary act of hoarding frustration, anger and hate | Commentary
By James Bowler We are ALL born with bias. Read that again. It doesn’t matter if you grew up in Port Sydney, downtown Toronto, or within the uncontacted tribe of the Sentinelese on the isolated island of Great Nicobar. Every single person, in some way or another, is surrounded by […]
Read MoreListen Up! Optimizing Huntsville’s future transportation needs: A guest post by Hugh Holland | Commentary
This is a Listen Up! guest post by Hugh Holland. Hugh Mackenzie is taking a break from Listen Up! this week. By Hugh Holland The emerging era of low-emission transportation will bring many changes. Virtually all manufacturers around the world are moving rapidly toward building electric cars, electric trucks, and […]
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