In Tucson the present looks to the past
The city honours its past, so when we spent a month there last winter, we dropped in at a gathering celebrating one of the most notable periods of its past; the coming of a remarkable man, a Jesuit. (Click on the article's title to read the whole article.)
We are getting better.
It’s about a half century since I did an essay for a national magazine under the title “Are we getting better or worse?” It was an optimistic article written in an optimistic era — the 1960s. (Click on the Blog's title to read the whole Blog.)
Historic Victoria
Government Street, with broad sidewalks lined by beautiful oval shaped trees, has its inevitable small shops and souvenir stands, but a stroll also offers a window on a memorable era of striking architecture. (Click on the article's title to read it all.)
The Blaikie Report
To many Canadians, the names are an honour roll of our political history: James S. Woodsworth, T.C. Douglas, Stanley Knowles, Dan Heap. There are others, all clergy, moved to enter politics because of the “the social gospel,” to improve the life of the people though socialism. Unions were their friends, corporate society their adversaries. Now, another name for the list is Bill Blaikie, a Manitoba NDP member who held his seat in Parliament for almost 30 years, was elected an astonishing eight times, so that when he retired in 2008, he was Dean of the House of Commons. (Now click on the article's title to get the complete book review.)
New Mexico – Silent Spaces and Vibrant Art
Having just returned from New Mexico, and no longer young, the sentence now means more than it ever did. New Mexico, with its broad land and endless sky, but most of all, its pure air will make any of us feel young again — at least while we’re there. (Now click on the article's title to get the full story.)