The He-Man Women Haters White House

re: http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/trump-reinstates-reagan-era-anti-abortion-policy-n710081?cid=sm_tw_msnbc I am privileged in this lunatic historical sidetrip to be white, male, and straight (and above all Canadian), but it's dangerous to completely discount all males because we're born by a quirk of genetics without baby plumbing. Doing so blindly assumes the absence of empathy for an entire gender and just draws more…

Trumpauguration

Alright, this is happening. There’s nothing I can do about it, and there’s nothing you can do about it, and there’s nothing we can do about it, so I’m going to ask your forgiveness, as you might see it, allowance may some else, and get into the spirit of the thing by seeing from a…

Zero Dark Thirty

This 2012 movie, an award-winning critically-acclaimed entertainment and box-office success, is above all a remarkable piece of propaganda. Or maybe marketing is more accurate. Publicizing is even better. If you wonder why, or haven’t seen it, let me spoil the theme for you: Glory be the lengths that **America** will go to, the resources and commitment she will provide, the…

What the Ftrumpk?

Like me, you may be shocked but not surprised at the joining of the word President to the word Trump this week. Or surprised but not shocked, but either way in the end it seems the new President-elect may have been right – the election was rigged and American democracy is a sham. It's okay…