There is nothing more important, in my opinion, than resisting the impetus towards passivity, towards an inclination to just give in and give up because life right now is a challenge for most people. Yes, it is. But our grandchildren depend upon us to get this right.

"We are trapped, at this moment, in a never-ending time of Carnival, of chaos, in a hall of mirrors that distorts nature and human life."

I visited Beaverbrook Art Gallery in Fredericton a couple days ago, where they happened to be having their annual Holocaust Memorial exhibit

I've been trying to write this essay for months. Now I realize saying it out loud is more important than getting it right...

One might assume that women and our sex-based rights and protections are as much under siege in France as they are in the Anglophone world.