Category: Critical Thinking
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The Fragility of Life
Bad things can happen to good people. Know your risks, train, prepare and still be willing to do what you love.
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Far Right Conservatism Isn’t About Replacing Anything: It’s about Destroying What Exists
Conservatives aren’t interested in building democratic institutions, –they’re interested in eliminating them.
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Electric Vehicle Technology Breakthrough and Facing the Facts
The Damn Inconvenience of those pernicious, insidious facts. Two Different Breakthroughs Will Radically Improve Electric Vehicle Acceptance and Penetration in the Automotive Market – Regardless of Our Unwillingness to Change Improvements in electric vehicles and their acceptance has been incremental ever since the first electric vehicle came onto the North American market in 2010. The…
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The Illusion of Making A Difference
Gun Control and Irrationality Justin Trudeau and the Liberal Party of Canada have gone from reasoned to irrational since coming to office almost ten years ago. One specific area where over reach has become irrational has to do with firearms in Canada. I am all in favour of controlling weapons and the access of weapons…
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An Irrational Act
Yesterday, trump decided that he will impose a 25% tariff on all Canadian Imports. The rationale (irrational) reason for the imposition of these tariffs it is claimed, is to stop illegal immigration and illicit drugs from entering the United States. The U.S. border patrol’s records for 2022 state that 7,000 illegal aliens were processed attempting…
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I Think He Just Blew Up! – Part 1
I had just about turned twenty-two in 1974 and had been fortunate enough to be accepted into the Fire Department’s Training Academy for my city. There had been seven hundred qualified applications for what turned out to be nine positions that year, so I felt satisfied that I had succeeded when I was selected. When…
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Pride of Ignorance
The average American youth who graduates from high school in 2024, may well have never read a complete text. That’s a fact. Think about that for a moment. They may have read a chapter, or perused an article or two, maybe a synopsis, or simply skimmed the text. Some will even have the temerity to…
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Unwittingly Ignorant
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The Presidential election in America this month, was to me, incomprehensible. How is it that a majority of Americans, including many minorities, blacks and hispanics, voted for a man who is publicly, knowingly, a racist. They are voting for a man who uses immigrants, minorities, especially latinos and blacks, as political scapegoats in order to…
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Living On-lies
It is more and more apparent that the truth online, is almost impossible to find. Online platforms, like the dominant players, Twitter, X, Facebook, and Instagram are designed to provide you with a singular perspective, one that manipulates your thinking, while suggesting that free speech is paramount, all the while purveying lies and focusing your…