Category Archives: Politics

A Dog’s Life and Lies We Tell Ourselves

Posted on 8 February 2011 by Larry Russwurm

In the news recently was a sled dog “cull”. It happened in B.C. after the Vancouver Olympics. There was supposed to be a boom in business for sled dog adventures after the Olympics, but of course there was none. So … Continue reading →

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Northern Dominance

Posted on 29 January 2011 by Larry Russwurm

It seems to me that northern nations have more than held their own against southern neighbours. Even when those southern neighbours outnumber their northern cousins. (Full disclosure: I am a Canadian, the second most northern land there is. That’s right … Continue reading →

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Socialism Puts the Social in Social Democracy

Posted on 26 January 2011 by Larry Russwurm

I keep hearing some of the political discourse from the United States. Apparently socialism is worse than any of the dirty words. I’m surprised the FCC doesn’t bleep the word on network TV. Did Americans forget they are a Social … Continue reading →

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Thoughts on What Really is Asian

Posted on 19 January 2011 by Larry Russwurm

It seems that using the name Asian to describe orientals is all the rage. Especially amongst the younger, more with it crowd. I think the name came from the oriental community, itself. Sometimes I am all for people defining themselves. … Continue reading →

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How Art Made Me Fail a Science Course

Posted on 15 January 2011 by Larry Russwurm

Whereas my last post wast kind of boastful of my unique handwriting, this post is the opposite. Being an artist, taking science courses is usually just a bit curious. Usually it only has slight ramifications. Like for graphing in 3D, … Continue reading →

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Cut Off the Coattails

Posted on 8 January 2011 by Larry Russwurm

Most of what we call progress is brought to us through science. And that science is generally moved forward by scientists and technologists. As science becomes more complex and is built upon more previous work, shouldn’t we as a society … Continue reading →

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The Machinations of Plastic Surgeons

Posted on 29 December 2010 by Larry Russwurm

Plastic surgery may look pretty good to us who are unbeautiful. Maybe plastic surgery is a conduit to a pleasant, superficial life. But what lies behind the dark doors of that profession? There is no undo button on plastic surgery. … Continue reading →

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December

Posted on 14 December 2010 by Larry Russwurm

Alright, I’m mega years late to the party. I’ve known the song December by Collective Soul for ages but never knew all the words till I bought the CD on sale earlier this year. Firstly December’s not like September where … Continue reading →

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The Key to Majority Government in Canada

Posted on 8 December 2010 by Larry Russwurm

Deep in the darkest recesses of Ottawa sits Stephen Harper, plotting his majority government and all the wonderful things he will do if he ever gets one. But I have news for you Mr. Harper. I have analysed the last … Continue reading →

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The Can of Worms – It’s Coming

Posted on 4 December 2010 by Larry Russwurm

Despite where things lie now, ranking of the rights of people is bound to occur. For instance we obviously do have some forms of age discrimination (retirement, age of majority) even though we shouldn’t according to our Charter of Rights. … Continue reading →

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