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Category Archives: Health
The Parable of the Man in the Cave
Suffa lived in his cave and every day he prayed that he might somehow win the house across from him. He imagined what it would be like living in a palace, looking out across the desert and even overlooking the … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Solitude
Tagged man in cave, parable, Solitude
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An Island Overrun with Prisoners and Soldiers
When William Golding imagines his feral schoolboys in Lord of the Flies, he thinks that they will inevitably shed the shallow indoctrination of the arbitrary and recently acquired rules of polite society and fall back upon their baser instincts which … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Culture, Health, News of the World, Politics
Tagged 2003 blackout, boot camp, Cormac McCarthy’s The Road, hurricane katrina, Hurricane sandy, Jeremy Bentham, military, panopticon, prison rape, prison system, private prison system, William Golding Lord of the Flies, World Trade Centre bombing of 2001
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Bugs on the Bus
I was on the bus one time when a bunch of teenagers got on and, because of crowding, they had to stand in the aisle. As soon as seats came open, they claimed them, and then called to their friend … Continue reading
Typhoid Mary
The case of Typhoid Mary—a name she hated—is a peculiar one in the annals of public health. We had surely had carriers like her before, those who never suffered from an illness they inadvertently passed on, but she was the … Continue reading
The Purpose of a Lie
When Joyce chose to lie to her daughter it was as if she’d forgotten the purpose of a lie. She was trying to cover up her crime with perfidy, but she didn’t realize that making the person you are lying … Continue reading
The Myth of Narcissus
Many know the rough outlines of the original myth of Narcissus, the man who was so enamoured with his own image that he drowned while reaching for his reflection in a pool. The original outlines of the myth are more … Continue reading
Posted in Ancient Peoples, Culture, Health, History, Literature
Tagged Myth of Narcissus, selfie
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Pondering the Media During the 2022 Ottawa Trucker Convoy
The various media systems of the world are overworked, and in the case of many of them, underpaid. This is exposed by the request, below most online news stories, to report any errors. With editors in short supply, the news … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Environmentalism, Health, News of the World, Police, Politics, Social Media
Tagged 2022 Ottawa Trucker Convoy, activism, Alberta, anti-mandate, anti-vaccine, Black Lives Matter, Charter of Rights and Freedoms, Corey Hurren, Coutts, fracking, Indigenous protestors Wet'suwet'en, January 6, Nazi sympathizers, New Brunswick, reconciliation, Rexton, Sammy Yatim, trucker convoy, white supremacist
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Cultural Covid
Now that Covid-19 has been with us for two years, its profound effects on the different societies of the planet are becoming more obvious. Relatively democratic societies, for all their flirtation with fascism, are descending into mob rule as unscrupulous … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Culture, Education, Environmentalism, Health, Media, Social Media
Tagged anti-maskers, anti-vaccine, Conservatives, consumerism, covid, Covid19, environmental, healthcare, vaccine mandates, workaholic
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Retirement
The first time I encountered the notion of retirement and pensions was nearly twenty years ago when I was working at Worcester State College. I had just been hired, and although they only intended to give me full time hours … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Gardening, Health, Self-reliance
Tagged pension plans, Retirement
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Nutrient on the History Channel Show Alone
A central preoccupation of the show Alone is, naturally enough, how to get enough food to stay alive. The show has featured survivors who have made deadfall traps to catch mice, eaten slugs, and relied on seaweed to keep themselves … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Health, Media, Self-reliance, Solitude
Tagged Alone from the history channel, calories, food, history channel, nutrient, protein
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