List of Works

Because I keep looking for articles and links that I know I put in here somewhere, and because the labels aren't as descriptive as they could be (and some have a plethora of posts within them), here's an attempt to organize all my writing in a skimmable list season by season:


09-05-10 - Introductions - first post of Project Earth
09-05-10 - The Secret History of the War on Cancer
09-05-10 - For the Love of Water
09-05-10 - The Green Bin Debate
09-05-12 - Making a Free Store
09-05-12 - We Don't Need No Stinkin' Pesticides
09-05-13 - Creative Planters and Invisible Cars
09-05-15 - Breaking News: Climate Change is Unhealthy!
09-05-16 - Plus ca change, plus c'est la meme chose?
09-05-16 - Light-Rail Transit 
09-05-18 - Turning Off the T.V.
09-05-20 - Leave Your Car at Home Week
09-05-21 - Heat - the Short Version
09-05-21 - Give Me Convenience or Give Me Death - survey project
09-05-22 - No Brainers
09-05-22 - Milgram's Wall  - multinational project
09-05-23 - Environmentalists are a Bunch of Hypocrites
09-05-23 - Go Further
09-05-24 - Toxic Butts
09-05-25 - Greenbelt Art
09-05-25 - Warning: Driving is Hazardous to Your Health
09-05-25 - Wasted Paper
09-05-26 - Landscaping IS Art
09-05-27 - On Obesity, Omegas, and Organic Foods
09-05-29 - Story of Stuff
09-05-31 - And She'll Tell Two Friends, and So On, and So On - Mead
09-05-31 - Toxic Butts: Part 2
09-06-02 - Fonzie Says: Helping is Cool 
09-06-04 - The Myth of Necessary Growth
09-06-06 - EcoFest
09-06-07 - How To Compost in a School
09-06-08 - Urban Beautification
09-06-11 - Water Water Everywhere 

09-06-26 - Enjoy Yourself - It's Later Than You Think - Lovelock, Rubin, Barlow, Jacobs
09-07-06 - Camp Soap
09-07-06 - Green Bin Garbage
09-07-11 - On Bags and Garbage
09-07-17 - Some Burning Questions on Campfires
09-07-18 - E-Car Rebates
09-07-24 - The Big Necessity - George, sanitation
09-07-31 - EcoSchool How To
09-08-04 - Lessons in Environmental Policy -
09-08-04 - Environmental Citizenship
09-08-04 - Sharkwater
09-08-04 - The End of Suburbia - e-cars
09-08-28 - Green Right to the Very End - funerals
09-09-05 - On Necessities and Luxuries - Thoreau
09-09-05 - Eco-Surveys
09-09-14 - The Population Problem
09-09-16 - Compost Update 

09-09-25 - Bike Rally How-To
09-10-02 - Make Poverty History
09-10-12 - Shop Mindfully
09-10-23 - The Backlash - climate change
09-11-01 - Drink responsibly. Use a travel mug.
09-11-01 - Food Inc. - film
09-11-06 - Countdown to Copenhagen
09-11-19 - Earth-Friendly Christmas Presents -
09-11-20 - We Could Be Heroes - The Cove
09-11-21 - There IS no "Away" - My Beef with Green Bins 
09-11-21 - Foil Nestle in Aberfoyle - water
09-11-24 - Call Steve! - climate change
09-11-26 - Munk Debate on Climate Change
09-11-26 - OneEarth Video-Letter to Stephen Harper - video
09-12-01 - How Lucky Do You Feel...Punk? - Munk Debate, climate change, Monbiot, May
09-12-03 - More Green Bin Concerns
09-12-08 - Day Two -
09-12-08 - Copenhagen Update - cap and trade
09-12-12 - Climate Change Truthiness - Colbert
09-12-12 - The Partridge Family Energy Plan - persuasion
09-12-12 - Dollar Store Costs - neo-liberalism
09-12-14 - CO2 as a Pollutant - climate change
09-12-16 - Only 48 Hours Left - Copenhagen
09-12-16 - No Impact Man Comments - film
09-12-21 - Eco Housework: Any Takers? -

09-12-30 - Avatar: Where Men Win Glory - film, Chomsky
10-01-04 - No One Makes You Shop at Wal-Mart - Slee
10-01-06 - Shock Doctrine - Klein
10-01-13 - Eco-Driveways and the Big Stopper - James
10-01-13 - Some Christmas Leftovers - school club
10-01-23 - KCI Talks with David Suzuki - school club
10-01-23 - Department Competition: The Great Green Challenge - school club
10-02-01 - This is the Most Exciting Time to be Alive - Transition Movement
10-02-01 - Grow Your Own -
10-02-02 - Fostering Community - Pope Benedict, consumerism
10-02-03 - Cooking Experience, the First
10-02-04 - Bonhomme Hates Climate Change -
10-02-04 - The Scoop on Compostable Bags - garbage
10-02-06 - Little Houses -
10-02-06 - Middle Class Guilt - Thoreau, Epicurus
10-02-08 - Combatting Eco-Fatigue - Eco Warriors video
10-02-09 - Of Disposable Cups and Popcorn Bags, Of Cabbages and Kings - garbage
10-02-10 - The Big Picture: Connecting - school club
10-02-11 - Doing What We Do in an Honourable Way - Butterfly Hill
10-02-12 - Free Economies - economics
10-02-13 - Teflon in the Food Chain and the Precautionary Principle - toxins
10-02-13 - Nestle, Aggregates, and Groundwater - school club
10-02-17 - What if There IS No Climate Change Problem? -
10-02-17 - No Impact Man - The Book - book, climate change, energy
10-02-18 - Transition Meetings - Transition Movement
10-02-18 - Earth Day 2010 - school club
10-02-21 - EcoSchool Video - school club
10-02-21 - Earthfest How To - school club
10-02-22 - Transition Talks - Transition Movement
10-02-25 - What Not to Do - climate change
10-02-26 - You Can Take the Girl out of the Church - marshmallow test, lent
10-02-26 - Making Them Wait - consumerism, marshmallow test
10-03-01 - Teflon: You're Soaking in It. - toxins
10-03-02 - Phthalates: It's not Just a Fragrance. It's a Birth Control! - toxins
10-03-03 - Flame Retardants - The Danger of Dust Bunnies - toxins
10-03-04 - Mercury: Poison Poisson - toxins
10-03-05 - Triclosan: An Ounce of Prevention? -toxins
10-03-06 - Pesticides: Yet Another Reason to Avoid Golfing - toxins
10-03-06 - Bisphenol A: Score One for the Babies - toxins
10-03-07 - Everything Does NOT Cause Cancer - toxins
10-03-07 - Bottled Water Free Day - water
10-03-09 - The Gentle Art of Persuasion - Monbiot, climate change
10-03-11 - Give a Hoot, Dammit! - pollution
10-03-12 - Forty Days and Forty Nights - school club
10-03-13 - Plastic Can Cause Obesity - plastic, toxins
10-03-15 - Ditch the Dryer - energy, toxins
10-03-16 - Find a Mentor - plastic, videos
10-03-17 - Make Art from Garbage - school club, t-shirts
10-03-18 - Remind Yourself: It's Later Than You Think - consumerism, tattoo

10-03-23 - Eco-Habits - eco-thoughts
10-03-25 - Garbage Reminders - landfills
10-03-28 - Earth Hour Do-Over and Over and Over - plastic, toxins, energy
10-03-29 - Chocolate and Cell Phones - You Don't Want to Know - slavery
10-04-02 - If It's Yellow - water
10-04-05 - Balance? - climate change, cars
10-04-05 - Clean Cars or Clean Lakes? The Choice is Yours - cars
10-04-06 - Solar Power Possibilities - energy
10-04-23 - Earthfest 2010 Wrap-Up - school club
10-04-25 - Envirothon Team of 2010 - school club
10-04-25 - Earthfest Info Displays - school club
10-04-26 - KCI Waste Audit - school club
10-05-02 - Earthfest 2010 - The Performers - school club
10-05-02 - Green Bin Awareness - plastics, toxins, Waterloo
10-05-10 - Students Gone Wild - activism, community, Waterloo
10-05-22 - Access Denied - eco-thoughts
10-06-03 - Can We Get Patrick Duffy on the Phone? - petroleum, toxins
10-06-09 - Why Environmentalism Needs to be Legislated - philosophy

10-07-08 - Negligent Blogger - Earthfest video on CTV
10-09-12 - Wireless Controversy Rebuttal - technology
10-09-18 - Cool Video from Grist - cycling, cars
10-09-19 - Grade School Free Store Idea - school clubs
10-09-19 - Another Look at LRT - Waterloo
10-09-20 - Upcoming Events - school clubs
10-09-21 - Brainstorming - school clubs, Suzuki

10-09-25 - Facebook in the Schools - education
10-09-26 - Again with the Wireless Worry - technology
10-09-27 - Our Extinction Explored in Scientific American - extinction
10-10-08 - It Gets Better Redux - LGBTQ
10-11-21 - Bill C-311 Defeated in the Senate - Suzuki, climate change, politics
10-11-22 - Inside Job - film, finances
10-11-28 - Christmas Shopping Ideas - environment
10-12-01 - Water on the Table - Marshall, film, activism
11-01-02 - EcoSchools - This Time It's Personal - Edison, technology, education
11-01-02 - Disconnect - Davis, technology
11-01-10 - An Eco Rap - video
11-01-17 - God vs Trees: A Confession - activism, paper
11-01-23 - Silent Spring Backlash - Carson, Schwartz, DDT
11-02-21 - Me2We Day - corporate activism
11-02-27 - Strip the Streets - school, poverty, activism

11-06-25 - Summer Movie List - film
11-06-26 - Still Not Getting the Hype - twitter, new technology
11-07-03 - The Energy Glut - books, cars, cycling
11-07-10 - The Rise of the Machines - technology, education, books, computers
11-07-11 - Questionable Economic Models Driving Policy - Rand, DICE, climate change, politics
11-07-12 - Reduce Weight Gain with This One Life-Changing Tip - HFCS
11-07-12 - Another Inconvenient Truth - wireless concerns
11-07-12 - Post, the First - first post of A Puff of Absurdity
11-07-14 - Religion and the Middle School - segregation, prayer in school, religion trumps gender
11-07-16 - On Judging the Evilness of Others - Montaigne
11-07-16 - Wired in for Safety - wireless concerns
11-07-18 - On Kindness - Hume
11-07-21 - On Friendship - Montaigne, Seneca, Aristotle, friends
11-07-22 - On Eckhart Tolle and Mindfulness - Montaigne, pop psych, mindfulness
11-07-25 - On Hillside - music
11-07-31 - On Evil - Renzetti, Baron-Cohen, Milgram, Zimbardo
11-07-31 - On Virtue and Intention - Montaigne, judgment, virtue, cruelty
11-08-02 - Temporary Distractions - mindlessness
11-08-03 - On Entertainment and Cruelty - Montaigne, virtue, mindlessness
11-08-05 - On Good Role Models - Norway shooting, Montaigne, Aristotle, judgment
11-08-08 - On Mindfulness - Thich Nhat Hanh, Montaigne, Tolstoy, Taoism
11-08-09 - Animal Welfare Labels - activism
11-08-10 - On Fear - Montaigne, Epicurus, Kaufman
11-08-23 - On Being Jack Layton - death, Montaigne, politics
11-08-24 - On House Cleaning - my house, Taoism
11-08-25 - On Ritual Work - ritual, teaching, video, Grimes
11-08-26 - A Meander Through Summer Viewing - films, death, existentialism, Montaigne
11-08-31 - The Subjectivity of Taste - Marcotte, aesthetics, prejudice
11-09-03 - The Aesthetic as a Route to Meaningfulness - Woody Allen, Montaigne, existentialism

11-11-20 - The Test of Time - books, cultural literacy vs infotainment
11-11-27 - Keeping the OWS Fires Burning - protest, activism, MLK, politics, consumerism
11-12-26 - On Pleasure and Pain - Freud, Plato, happiness, death
12-01-05 - On God Our Invisible Parents - Freud, Plato, religion
12-01-08 - On Community - prisoner's dilemma, Sinek, Freud, religion
12-02-11 - On Educational Reform - Rousseau, Montessori, Robinson, teaching

12-04-28 - Book Clubs: Developing Community or Provoking Conformity - teaching
12-05-06 - Prensky's Natives and Immigrants - books, teaching
12-05-13 - On Mother's Day - Ariely, parenting
12-06-03 - 91 Seconds of Recycling - how to
12-06-09 - On Roommates - how to

12-06-30 - The Fallen Breadwinner - gender, feminism, Wollstonecraft, parenting
12-07-16 - On the Ethics of Wealth - Thoreau, Feldman, Diogenes, Epicurus, Montaigne, Jesus
12-07-17 - On A/C and Cars: Luxuries or Necessities? - Roberts, cycling, death, Seneca, environment
12-07-18 - An Impressive Stupidity: On Sartre and Syria - existentialism, bad faith, Taoism, Sartre
12-07-19 - On How to be Happy - Freud, happiness, sex
12-07-22 - On Aggression: About Those Shootings - Freud, politics, responsibility, Sartre, virtue
12-07-22 - On Work and Love - Freud, love, work
12-07-24 - On Sex and Perversions - Freud, judgment, sex, virtue
12-07-24 - On Nuclear Power - Plato, environment, politics, Waterloo, Rubin
12-07-25 - On Putting the Brakes on Car Culture - cycling, environment, politics, Waterloo
12-08-06 - Suffer Not the God-Fearing LGBTQ - Jesus, judgment, prejudice, religion
12-08-06 - On Young Feminists - environment, gender, feminism
12-08-27 - On Addictive Pleasures and the Fear of Death - Greenblatt, Plato, Epicurus, Lucretius
12-08-28 - On Finding Meaning Through Love - Ferry, Freud, Montaigne, Plato, death, religion

12-09-22 - GMOs: Knowledge Roulette - environment, media
12-11-18 - On Environmental Intentions - environment, responsibility, teaching
12-11-25 - On the Importance of Workers' Rights - union, politics, teaching, democracy
12-12-10 - You Say You Want a Revolution - activism, politics, community, teaching, union
12-12-16 - On Gun Control and Coping with Death - Montaigne, Epictetus, Epicurus, Seneca, politics

13-01-01 - On Being a Mean Mum (and Defining Bullying) - parenting, judgment, bullying
13-01-04 - Thanks for the Contract, Laurel! - Broten, Coran, politics, teaching
13-01-05 - A Crisis of Environmentalist Faith - Altman, Taoism, politics, virtue
13-01-09 - On RESPs, EAPs, Grants, Gains, and Morons - finance, parenting
13-01-12 - Climate Change as an Asteroid - Krugman, Haidt, Harrelson, Freud, money, environment
13-01-13 - The Lasting Influence of Rhoda Morgenstern - feminism, media
13-01-19 - A Stoic Resurgence - Seneca, Buddhism, CBT, Epictetus, Stoics
13-01-20 - The Not-So-Awful Truth About Being Single - Sartre, existentialism, marriage
13-02-18 - On Education, Stress, and Success - Plato, educational system
13-03-03 - Regulation 274, Education Act of Ontario - politics, teaching
13-03-05 - Following Your Dreams or Living an Illusion? - Robinson, Taoism, teaching
13-03-07 - On Hate Crimes and Sexual Orientation - judgment, prejudice, teaching
13-03-11 - On Teacher Accountability - Cooper, rubric, judgment, teaching

13-03-24 - Seniority Does Not Always Equal Merit - educational system, judgment, teaching
13-03-29 - Undergrads: Underloved or Just Under Grads - sex, hook-up culture
13-04-01 - On Boredom - Seneca, Aurelius, Sartre, teaching
13-04-08 - When Men are Raped - gender, prejudice, sex
13-04-13 - On Our Rape Culture: Rehtaeh Parsons' Unfortunate Legacy - Renzetti, suicide, feminism
13-04-21 - Silence During Tragedy - feminism, sex, teaching
13-04-21 - Enviro-Optimists vs Doom-Mongers: Another Wentian False Dichotomy - environment
13-05-12 - Humans: Too Invasive or Two Compassionate to Survive - Epictetus, Epicurus, Matrix
13-05-14 - Animal Testing: What's wrong with education this time? - Aristotle, educational system
13-06-09 - A Work-Out Rant - aesthetics, media

13-06-30 - An Unprecedented Emergency - Emmott, population, existentialism, environment
13-07-09 - On Monbiot's Manifesto - Thoreau, environment
13-07-10 - Blogger Rights and Responsibilities - blogging, responsibility, environment
13-07-11 - Educating the Differently-Abled - educational system
13-07-13 - On Worry - Montaigne, parenting, Freud
13-07-13 - Faith that the End is Near - Bland, Epicurus, happiness, environment, community
13-07-15 - Can Animals Provoke Action? - child labour, Monbiot, persuasion, slavery
13-07-16 - On Smoking and the Illusion of Concern - smoking, Freud, Monbiot, politics
13-07-18 - On Chomsky - anarchy, environment, politics, revolution
13-07-28 - Too Stupid to Live - Literally - death, climate change, oil spills, politics, revolution
13-07-29 - On Liberty and Death - Plato, environment, aesthetics, politics
13-07-31 - Raising Gable Ends Alone - how to
13-08-03 - Sammy Yatim: When is a Cop Justified in Using Fatal Force? - ethical dilemma
13-08-04 - On a Four-Hour Workday - Russell, Elliott-Buckley, Marx, work
13-08-06 - On Categorization of Behaviours and Abilities - Grandin, DSM, ASD, CBT, parenting
13-08-12 - Just Legalize it Already - smoking, teaching, politics
13-08-16 - On Solar Panels - environment, money
13-08-17 - On Raising the Minimum Wage - Rawls, ethical dilemmas, money
13-08-17 - On Hedges' Empire of Illusion - Hedges, Diamond, Chomsky, DeBotton, media, porn
13-08-18 - The Benevolent Dictator isn't a Fascist - Lovelock, Oliver, Monbiot, environment
13-08-22 - Paternity Rights in Rape Cases - feminism, parenting, ethical dilemmas, responsibility
13-08-23 - On Canada: A Fair Country - Saul, Indigenous, Hedges, Canada, politics, books
13-08-24 - Law-Abiding Politicians - politics
13-09-08 - On the On-Going, Never-Ending Regional Bike/Car Conflict - Waterloo, cycling

13-10-06 - On Celebrating Talent - Strummer, Baker, Rodriguez, Monbiot, politics, virtue, film
13-10-12 - If You Build It, They Will Come - Really! - cycling, Groningen, Waterloo
13-10-14 - Margaret Trudeau on Mental Health - Cohen, mental health, politics, CBT
13-10-14 - On Strong Women - O'Connor, Cyrus, Gunn, judgment, feminism
13-10-15 - On Regulating Smoking for Youth - Ontario, smoking
13-10-27 - On Russell Brand's Politics - Brand, Renzetti, atheism, feminism, religion, politics
13-11-17 - Munk Debates: Are Men Obsolete? - Paglia, feminism, gender, Moran
13-11-17 - Moving Beyond the Rational - Ford, CCPA, Fraser Institute, Hume, Hitchens, Blair
13-11-19 - On Designer Vaginas and Media Influence - aesthetics, feminism, gender, sex
13-11-21 - On Alain de Bottom on Art Galleries - aesthetics, deBotton, philosophy
13-11-23 - A Little Hope is Effective - Hunger Games, Indigenous, poverty, child labour, politics
13-11-26 - On Stoic Environmentalism - Epictetus, environment
13-11-29 - On Celebrating History - statues, Waterloo, politics, Canada, community
13-11-30 - On John Stuart Mill, Free Speech, and Climate Change - Chomsky, Epictetus, Epicurus
13-12-11 - On Driving Into a Wall - Lagarde, Suzuki, environment, politics, climate change

13-12-24 - On Saying "Merry Christmas!" - Jesus, religion, ritual virtue, free speech
14-01-01 - 2013 Ideas in Review - Chomsky, Epictetus, Marx, Montaigne, Taoism
14-01-03 - On Our Continued Sexual Repression - Montaigne, sexual ethics, Freud, mental health
14-01-05 - On Fear of the Worst Thing and First-World Anxiety - Locke, Stossell, mental health
14-01-07 - Teacher Blogging Challenge Meme - educational system, teaching
14-01-07 - An Eco-Conservative? - Braid, Waterloo, environment, politics
14-01-10 - On Self-Obsession and Self-Hatred - aesthetics, body image
14-01-11 - On the New Math - Renzetti, educational system
14-01-12 - The Tao of Environmentalism - Taoism, Elliott-Buckley, Harper, Carlin, Plato
14-01-20 - Further to York University's Discrimination Issues - religion, sexism, Jesus, teaching
14-02-02 - On Mesothelioma: Dying to be Heard - asbestos, toxins, Canada, politics, environment
14-02-16 - On Flag Waving - Canada, child labour, Indigenous, prejudice, slavery, Waterloo
14-02-21 - Learning with the Olympics - educational system, teaching
14-02-22 - On Downloading - technology, films
14-03-08 - What Do Women Want?  - feminism
14-03-16 - Backing for My Views on Education - educational system
14-03-16 - What Do Teacher's Want? - Paikin, Wynne, politics, teaching, climate change

14-03-22 - Clara Hughes' Mental Health Tour - mental health, painting, cycling, Waterloo
14-03-22 - What We Know: We're Screwed - climate change, science, Hayhoe
14-03-30 - EQAO, Literacy, and Ability - educational system, politics
14-03-30 - On The Sixth Extinction - Kolbert, books, environment, climate change
14-04-13 - It's Possible - IPCC, climate change, Tutu
14-06-01 - Brief Hiatus - NYC, Hedwig, aesthetics, films, smoking
14-06-02 - Backyard Studio and Garden Build - how to
14-06-03 - What's a Mother to Do? - Epictetus, parenting, walking, hardship

14-06-29 - Just Not Ready to Laugh at Climate Change - environment, teaching, humour
14-07-21 - Shaving Minutes Off Your Cycling Time - cycling, community, environment
14-07-24 - On That List of Excuses for Not Having Sex Floating Around the Interweb - sex
14-08-24 - Diamond's Collapse - books, politics, prejudice, revolution, environment
14-08-24 - Neil deGrasse Tyson on Climate Change - science, climate change, environment
14-08-25 - On the Titanic and Tolstoy - climate change, death, environment, existentialism, virtue
14-08-26 - On Glorifying Psychopaths - Dobbin, media
14-08-27 - People's Climate March - Chomsky, film, Klein, activism, environment
14-08-27 - The Elf on the #ReThink Tour - Hillside, bike activism
14-08-30 - On Ethos - a 2011 Documentary - Zinn, Harrelson, Chomsky, Freud, film, media, politics
14-08-30 - Piketty's Capital in the Twenty-First Century - books, Chomsky, media, money, politics
14-09-01 - Chomsky's Forward to Albert's Realizing Hope: Life Beyond Capitalism - Chomsky
14-09-01 - The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains - Carr, technology, education
14-09-01 - On Alone Time - philosophy, Kinsella, Sounders, Berkowitz, Finkel, hermit
14-09-13 - AER Strategies - Wente, Dorval, Connor, how to, teaching, Waterloo
14-09-14 - People's Climate March Update - Klein, activism, politics, Waterloo
14-09-16 - Disruption Critiqued - Klein, environment, film, activism, politics, teaching
14-09-20 - On Naomi Klein's Climate Change Battle - books, Klein, activism, environment

14-09-23 - On Wente's "It Girl" Article - Klein, DiCaprio, environment, books
14-11-15 - It'll Be Fast: On Yes Means Yes - sexual assault, gender, culture, ethical dilemmas
14-11-30 - Inequality for All - Reich, Steinbeck, Marx, Oliver, LeGuin, money, politics
14-12-14 - On Sex Ed, Double Standards, and the Red Herring of Consent - deBeauvoir,
                  Schophenhauer, philosophy, feminism, gender, sex ed, teaching
14-12-21 - The Newsroom: On Journalism, the Environment, and Sexism - environment, gender
14-12-23 - Harris on Harper - Harris, unions, absurdity, activism, Canada, politics
14-12-29 - On Pseudonyms - blogging
14-12-29 - On Acting Nice - Aristotle, free speech, mental health, pop psych
14-12-30 - On Chomsky's Driving Forces in U.S. Foreign Policy - activism, free speech, politics
15-01-10 - On Restricting Free Speech - Hall, Dennett, Graham, free speech, mental health
15-01-11 - On the Hidden Sickness of the Heart - Hebdo, religion, Brand, Chomsky, free speech
15-01-17 - The Post in Which I Get Cranky on Climate Change - Hedges, environment, politics
15-01-22 - This Changes Nothing - climate change, Inhofe, environment, politics
15-02-11 - The Danger of New Atheists - prejudice, religion
15-03-20 - Changing the Curriculum - gender, environment, sex, educational system

15-03-22 - On Teaching Topics Instead of Subjects - Finland, educational systems, Ashman, Hayes
15-03-22 - Criminalizing Protest - Renzetti, activism, Canada, environment, politics
15-03-28 - On Free Speech and Safe Spaces - ethical dilemmas, free speech, Dennett, Murphy
15-03-29 - The Religious Extremism of New Atheists - Chomsky, Hedges, Plantinga, philosophy
15-04-04 - On Final Exams - educational system, mental health, teaching
15-04-06 - On Helping People Get Outraged - Oliver, environment, Klein, teaching
15-05-10 - On Misinformation - activism, persuasion, teaching
15-05-10 - Sex Ed Redux - feminism, love, sex, teaching
15-05-13 - If I May But Touch His Garment - Hedges, prisons, Hebdo, Nader, activism, rebellion
15-05-18 - It's Just a Joke - Hedges, Canada, feminism, gender, prejudice, FHRINP
15-05-20 - On Progress - Wittgenstein, Maher, environment
15-05-21 - Either Side of the Fence - Harper, Canada, politics
15-05-23 - On Privilege - Hedges, DeGruy, activism, prejudice
15-05-24 - Mad Max: Reality Road, and Even Darker Ride - film, climate change, environment
15-05-25 - Cassandra's Curse - climate change, science, Parmesan, Baldwin
15-05-28 - On Thinking - environment, Hedges, teaching
15-05-30 - Squelching Thought - Hedges, Chomsky, Robinson, parenting, teaching
15-05-31 - The Moral Imperative of Revolt - Hedges, C-51, Canada, Epicurus, Marx, activism
15-05-31 - On Sublime Madness - Sartre, Hedges, class, revolution, activism
15-05-31 - Revolution, the Film - activism, film, environment, climate change
15-06-07 - On Measuring Well - Plato, Protagoras, environment, teaching, virtue
15-06-15 - OITNB - economics, ethical dilemma, feminism
15-06-16 - On Being an Ally - Dolezal, economics, environement, feminism, teaching, prejudice

15-07-09 - So I Went to the March - climate change, activism, Canada, feminism, Indigenous, Hedges
15-07-12 - On Friendships of Utility not Virtue - Aristotle, ethical dilemmas, friends
15-07-13 - Celebrity Impact - economics, Styles, environment, film
15-07-14 - On Thigh Gap - feminism, aesthetics, mental health, parenting
15-07-14 - In the Realm of Terrifying - anxiety, mental health, activism, environment, Hedges, Nader
15-07-17 - On the Courage to Care - child labour, Indigenous, Hedges, Tolstoy
15-07-17 - On ASD and Labels and Being Weird - ASD, mental health
15-07-19 - The Smell of Your Moral Judgment - Wilder, Sarkeesian, feminism, anger, activism
15-07-20 - Hedges on Education - Hedges, educational system
15-07-20 - On Guilt and Responsibility - environment, parenting, responsibility
15-07-21 - Finnish Schools: What Do They Have that We Don't Have? - educational system, books
15-07-25 - Harpoon 2015 - politics
15-07-25 - Child Poverty Worse than During the Depression - poverty, economics
15-07-29 - Supporting Bare Boobs - feminism, activism, environment, Waterloo
15-07-31 - Peace or Apathy - environment, religion
15-07-31 - On Rape on Campus - Krakauer, feminism, rape, books
15-08-01 - On Marriage and Divorce and Trolls and Haters - feminism, marriage, sex, technology
15-08-02 - On Teaching Philosophy to Children - philosophy, teaching, educational system
15-08-03 - One Neat Trick to Lose Weight Fast - how to, climate change, Hedges, factory farm
15-08-03 - Economics of Happiness - environment, film, economics
15-08-04 - On So Much Anger - Aristotle, feminism, Hedges, politics, economics
15-08-18 - Dear Orli - educational system, teaching, mental health
15-08-31 - Fighting Fanaticism - Hedges
15-09-07 - On Achievement and Death and Stuff - cycling, boredom, Epicurus, Montaigne, Nietzsche
15-09-13 - Has the Green Revolution Actually Arrived? - climate change, Freud, politics
15-09-20 - Just in Time Learning - educational system, teaching, business tactics
15-09-20 - Call for Questions - potential MP panel

15-10-19 - The Election on Last Week Tonight - Oliver
15-10-22 - The Lives of Others - Brecht, film, free speech, politics
15-10-24 - On Sex Work - prostitution, Canada, ethical dilemma
15-10-25 - On Reading and Writing - teaching, educational system, philosophy
15-10-31 - On Childhood Angst - existentialism, death, Epicurus, mental health, parenting, worry
15-11-01 - On Population Control and Freedom at Any Cost - population, climate change
15-11-01 - On Those Statues Again - statue project, Waterloo, activism, Indigenous, Plato
15-11-21 - On Making Change - environment, teaching
15-11-21 - On Aging and Playfulness - ASD

15-12-30 - On Desires and Commodities - death, suicide, Epictetus, mental health, cycling
15-12-31 - On Those Counterfeit Diplomas - education system, how to
16-01-02 - On Justice and Hatred - film, Tarantino
16-01-03 - Truth is Like Poetry - film, finance, economics
16-02-07 - On Expectations and Time Limits - education system,
16-02-07 - On Student Stress - mental health, parenting teaching
16-02-09 - On Unions and Boycotts - Harris, education system, Sandals, unions, media
16-02-10 - Cold Calls in the Classroom - teaching, Lemov, Kohn
16-02-13 - On Command F: a Bittersweet Function - technology, teaching, Socrates
16-02-15 - On Appropriation - Indigenous, Morrisseau, appropriation
16-02-27 - On That Time I Fell and Hurt My Head - concussion, cycling, teaching, books
16-03-13 - For the Love of the Songbirds - film, climate change, Wilson, environment

16-03-25 - The Terrifying Ramifications of the Verdict - Jian, rape, Schumer, Cosby,
16-03-28 - A Reasonable Doubt? - Jian, rape, feminism, ethics, politics
16-04-03 - The Panama Papers - Snowden, politics, finances
16-04-06 - Case Off Discouragement! - Laxer, Enoughness, climate change, Indigenous
16-04-09 - On Pipelines - Line 9 and More - climate change, Laxer, Indigenous
16-04-24 - Fractured Land - Behn, film, fracking, climate change, Indigenous
16-05-26 - On bell hooks - feminism, de Beauvoir, Chomsky, Indigenous
16-05-29 - My Fiftieth Year - death, Indigenous, mental health,
16-06-01 - O Canada. Because it's 2016 - anthem, Canada
16-06-05 - Avoiding the Lesser of Two Evils - Hedges, Stein, activism, Marx
16-06-09 - Mohawk Institute: the "Mushhole" - Indigenous
16-07-10 - Idiocracy - Harrelson, Speth, Hopkins, Fonzie, media, consumerism
16-07-13 - Climate Change Grief - It's a Bummer - climate change, Nye, Schwartzenegger
16-07-16 - Saving Cyclists' Lives - local, cycling, urban planning
16-07-17 - Solidarity Over Competition - Chomsky
16-07-21 - Plus ça Change, Plus C'est La Même Chose - climate change, May, Monbiot
16-07-26 - On Ghostbusters - film, feminism
16-07-27 - If You're Not Turned on to Politics... - Nader, Hedges, Reich, RATM, Moore, debate
16-08-07 - On Our Right to Choose - gender identity, population control, childfree
16-08-08 - Paying for It: On the Slow Death of Journalism - media, LWT
16-08-09 - On Indicators: Attention Must be Paid - climate change
16-08-11 - The Century of the Self: Psychoanalysis and Corporate Control - Freud, Bernays
16-08-13 - Fractured Lands: How the Arab World Came Apart - Anderson, recent history
16-08-16 - On Feelings - Freud, Beck, PTSD, fear, pain, memory, trauma, worry
16-08-27 - Wild Women in Temagami: On Doing the Heavy Lifting - nature
16-09-18- Fixing French Immersion - education, The Agenda, Chomsky, solidarity
16-09-18- The Irony of Advocating for A/C in Schools - climate change, education

16-10-24 - Water Wars and the Last Straw - Barlow, local
16-10-02 - On Dying and Grieving and Judgment - death, dad, assisted suicide
16-10-28 - On Justified Worry - cancer
16-10-29 - And on Recovery in All its Glory - cancer, recovery
16-10-30 - One of the Lucky Few? - cancer, recovery
16-10-30 - How to Let Go of the World - Fox, film, climate change, Paris talks
16-10-31 - Just a Flesh Wound - cancer, identity, breasts, beauty
16-11-01 - Now I'm Trendy, Dammit - cancer, tattoo, breasts
16-11-02 - Before the Flood - DiCaprio, film, climate change
16-11-03 - Don't be a Koch Sucker! - climate change, Neo-Liberalism, Mann
16-11-04 - Preventing Ovarian Cancer Program Logistics - cancer, medicine
16-11-05 - On Character - cancer, courage, fear, Swartz
16-11-08 - On the Nature of Gifts and Help - giving
16-11-09 - HyperNormalisation or Welcome to the Age of Absurdity - Curtis, Neo-Liberalism
16-11-11 - On Missing the Girls - cancer, Cohen, beauty
16-11-12 - Pie and Goldblum on Trump's Win - Trump, Tao
16-11-13 - On Being Useful: A Necessary Shift in Radicalism - Curtis, Taylor, Sartre
16-11-13  - A Genius Kvetching Ring - cancer
16-11-14 - Charles Taylor: On the Crises of Democracy - Taylor, politics, Aristotle
16-11-15- Back to Work Boobless - cancer
16-11-20 - Is This the Sixth Estate? - media, Postman, Hedges, Plato
16-11-24 - Water as a Human Right - water, critical thinking, local issues, Indigenous
16-11-26 - More on Critical Thinking - Kilian, Sartre, Heer, education, critical thinking
16-11-26 - Standing Rock Resistance - Hedges, pipelines
16-11-27 - Monbiot's Impossible Crises - Monbiot, climate change, population, food
16-11-27 - What Exponential Growth Looks Like - population
16-11-30 - Defending Democracy: Next Steps - politics
16-12-05 - There's Still Climate Denial? - climate change, IPCC
16-12-08 - And the Saga Continues - cancer, medicine
16-12-10 - The Next 1,000 Years - Hawking, climate change
16-12-12 - On Retaliation - Hedges, Reich, Trump
16-12-13 - Requiem for the American Dream - Chomsky, Smith, economy, Neo-Liberalism
16-12-18 - What Happens in the Arctic, Doesn't Stay in the Arctic - climate change, Taylor
16-12-20 - A Shift in Values - Monbiot, Bernays, Curtis, values

16-12-24 - Swiss Army Man - friendship, Freud, film
16-12-26 - On Social Control in Universities - Hedges, Nussbaum, Peterson, Marx
16-12-26 - On Cancer Doulas - cancer, medicine
17-01-08 - On Boyden's Questionable Ancestory - racial identity, Boyden, Indigenous
17-01-14 - Eco-Hypocrites: Flights of the Anti-Flyers - Costa Rica, climate change, cancer
17-01-15 - On Gender Pronouns and Peterson's Case - gender identity, Peterson,
17-01-21 - On Sugar and Socialization - food, The Agenda, Taubes
17-01-22 - On Obama - SNL
17-01-29 - On Silence in the Face of Alt-Facts - naturopathy, media, critical thinking
17-02-25 - On Crazy-Making Cancer Treatment - cancer, medicine
17-03-04 - On Becoming a Woman - Mid-Life Edition - cancer, forced menopause
17-03-04 - Resistance in the Age of Trump - Hedges
17-03-05 - On Rising Anxiety Rates - mental illness vs stress, education
17-03-15 - On the Philosophy of Mr. Money Moustache - Epicurus, Stoicism, money
17-03-17 - If We Could Be as Smart as Frogs - climate change, Read
17-03-18 - On Bannon's Propaganda and Why it Works - Trump, Martin
17-03-18 - Moving Your Money - stop supporting big banks, Silverman
17-03-19 - On Beauty and the Beast - Trump

17-04-12 - A Bigger Problem with Air Travel - climate change
17-04-14 - Just Another Oil War - Kennedy, climate change
17-04-17 - Living in Glass Houses - climate change, McKibben, Trudeau
17-04-23 - Another Perspective on the Rise in Anxiety - education system, mental health
17-05-10 - Another Surgery Down - health care system, cancer
17-05-13 - More Doctors and Nurses, Less Waiting - health care system
17-05-18 - On Petty, Self-Serving Teachers Taking Sick Days - education system, union
17-05-18 - Another Trip to ER - health care system
17-05-20 - On Mistakes - health care system, lymphedema, regret
17-05-21 - Taking Comfort in Stoicism - health care system, lymphedema, regret
17-05-22 - Hedges on Impeaching Trump - Hedges
17-05-22 - Nader Interview with Chomsky on the Requiem for the American Dream
17-06-11 - Lymphedema: A Research Study Overview - health care system, lymphedema
17-06-11 - On Bertrand Russell's The Conquest of Happiness - Russell, philosophy
17-06-16 - A Referral for a Referral for a Referral - health care system

17-07-11 - On the Year that Kicked my Ass, and that Time My Ass Kicked Back
17-07-12 - Sooner Than You Think - climate change
17-07-14 - On Hedges' Veganism Claims - check your sources
17-07-17 - Climate Comedies
17-07-27 - Paradigm Shift in Climate Change Policy 
17-07-28 - On Wasting Time - Seneca's On the Shortness of Life
17-07-28 - On Regret - cancer
17-07-29 - Chest Tattoo with a Side of Lymphedema - cancer recovery
17-07-29 - Arendt on Revolution and the Necessity of Eradicating Poverty
17-08-04 - On Comparing Existentialism and Stoicism - philosophy
17-08-10 - The Plight of the Millennials - teaching, demographics, mental health
17-08-10 - On Having the Lowest Graduation Rates - education
17-08-11 - Prevention as an Ounce of Cure - one stop shopping for lymphedema info
17-08-12 - On Community, Again - Deepening Community, book synopsis
17-08-13 - On Slippery Arguments and Equity at Google - feminism, free speech, Plato
17-08-16 - Inconceivable! His Dinner with Chomsky
17-08-18 - On Fascist Movements and Free Speech - prejudice, Rebel Media
17-08-18 - On the Absurdist Victory - All is Well - cancer recovery
17-08-30 - On Freud and Einstein's Correspondence - philosophy
17-08-31 - On Memes and Theft -plagiarism
17-08-31 - On Antifa Methods - protest

17-09-24 - Action is the One Miracle-Working Function of Man - Arendt
17-10-03 - On Betsy DeVos in Ontario - education
17-10-21 - On Anxiety - mental health
17-10-24 - On Aronofsky and Climate Change - film
17-11-12 - So Now What? On Power, Sexual Abuse, and the Culture of Celebrity
17-11-26 - Some Implications of Boycotting Art - MeToo, feminism

17-12-27 - On Tyranny by Timothy Snyder - book synopsis
17-12-31 - On Shame, Honour, and Vulnerability - Brown, book synopsis
18-01-03 - On Fostering Illusions and the Qualitative Leap - cancer recovery support
18-01-04 - War is a Terrible Back-Up Plan - Chomsky
18-01-07 - Oxygen Depletion in the Ocean - climate change
18-01-08 - The Long Wait - A Bandaid for the Emergency Room Crisis - health care
18-01-13 - On School Holidays - year round schooling
18-01-13 - Monbiot's Out of the Wreckage - book synopsis, climate change
18-01-28 - On Conflict - Turkey, Rojava, chimp wars
18-02-10 - On Free Meds and Mental Health Care - Ontario health care
18-02-10 - Swimming Lessons - cancer recovery, body image
18-02-19 - On Hari's Lost Connections - mental health
18-03-18 - On UW's Mental Health Recommendations - mental health, anxiety
18-03-18 - On the Necessity of a Public Takedown - Ansari, sexual ethics
18-03-20 - On Masculinity - patriarchy related to technology and industry

18-04-11 - On Extra Time and IEP Designations - OSSLT,
18-04-15 - On Progressive Education - education, Dewey, Skinner
18-04-22 - Happy Earth Day
18-04-25 - On Entitlement and Unfettered Rage - internet, ASD, mental health
18-04-18 - Seeing Jane Goodall 
18-05-24 - The 9.9 Percent

18-07-02 - Progress or Ruin - Monbiot
18-07-03 - First Time for Everything - online dating
18-07-04 - On Half Earth - E.O. Wilson
18-08-18 - On Internet Haters - Laurie Penny
18-08-18 - Censorship Quiz
18-08-27 - On Culture Wars - Angela Nagle

18-09-23 - On Anita Hill
18-10-08 - Can We Turn This Corner? - false balance and bias
18-11-14 - On the Origins of Cultural Marxism - Samuel Moyn

19-01-01 - The Place of Teachers in this Mess - false balance, climate change
19-01-02 - On Arguing Facts
19-01-05 - On Taxing the Rich - AOC, Krugman
19-01-13 - Why Protest?
19-01-26 - Kids These Days! - Greta Thunberg
19-03-02 - OFSTED Report

19-04-19 - Like Rats Jumping from a Sinking Ship - mandatory online classes
19-04-21 - Life After Warming - Wallace-Wells

19-07-30 - Being a Gadfly or Just a Bitch - ethical conundrums
19-08-14 - The 1619 Project
19-08-26 - On Maintaining Firm Categories: Do Labels Matter? - diagnosing ASD, ADHD...

19-10-20 - Cycling Rant

20-02-15 - Getting My Head Around Privilege and Protest - Scheer on privilege
20-03-20 - The New Normal
20-03-21 - On Expectation

20-04-04 - I'm Fine, Really
20-05-17 - On Gun Control

20-07-23 - Some Paintings



21-04-03 - World Autism Day 


21-10-10 - Nobody's Rules - Arendt
21-10-16 - On Moral Injury
21-10-30 - On Burnout

21-12-27 - On "Fixing" ASD
22-01-30 - Lunatic Fringe?

22-03-21 - Not Dead Yet! 
22-04-18 - Masks Work
22-05-19 - Pandemic Amnesia
22-06-10 - Love and Sorrow
22-06-11 - Klondike Papers
22-06-14 - On Expertise

22-08-16 - Strap One on For Safety! (3QD)
22-08-17 - A Useful Crisis
22-08-28 - On Divisiveness
22-09-07 - It Ain't Over!!
22-09-19 - Campaign Video

22-10-09 - On Being a Bad Person (3QD)
22-10-15 - The New Wave
22-10-20 - Campaigning on Covid (3QD)
22-10-26 - Covid and Kids
22-12-07 - Complete Chaos

22-12-31 - Year in Review
23-02-06 - Dating for Dogs
23-03-05 - In the News...

23-04-06 - Age of Absurdity
23-04-17 - Still Hopeful
23-04-30 - Quiet Comprehending 
23-05-09 - Resignation
23-05-10 - So Close!
23-05-25 - The Need to Grow
23-05-29 - Kids Today!
23-06-18 - Autistic Pride

23-06-22 - Symbols of Class
23-07-01 - Google on C-18
23-07-05 - The Difficulty of Knowing (climate)
23-07-17 - ASD Assessments
23-08-05 - Cleaning Air
23-08-08 - On Barbie
23-09-01 - Endgame Vision
23-09-06 - On Marxism
23-09-11 - The New CPC

23-09-21 - Chasing Pirola
23-10-08 - Faulty Wiring
23-10-09 - Media Subterfuge
23-10-25 - We are Afraid
23-10-26 - Covid at Work
23-11-02 - Nothing New
23-11-12 - How It Began
23-11-25 - It's a Ruse!
23-11-27 - How to Know
23-11-28 - Fracking Hell!
















































































































































































































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