Thinking About Thinking

Author: K DL

  • Your Opportunity to Save Canadian Democracy

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    Today the writ was dropped and Canada is not in the midst of the 2025 election.  Sometimes this is called a “general election” but in reality it is three hundred and thirty eights (338) individual elections that happen on the same day.  To safe guard out democracy it is the responsibility of all citizens to…

  • Can He See Where He’s Going!

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  • Thinking About Being A Recovering Racist

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    At a recent meeting Ron St. Pierre used the following statement in introducing himself:  “I’m Ron St. Pierre, a life long recovering racist!”  The room went quiet and I inwardly smiled.  I have never been that brutally honest about myself even though I have spent the last ten or fifteen years examining my preference/prejudices as…

  • Thinking About Hot Air & Anxiety

    Thinking About Hot Air & Anxiety

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    There is a lot of anxiety making the rounds.  Anxiety is an emotion characterized by feelings of unease, worry, and fear about future events1.  In recent years anxiety has become a foundational tool in many political election platforms, or at least how those seeking election phrase the ideas as they see them.  The clinics definition goes on to…

  • Politicians and Washing or Lying

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    They are the washer women of politics.  They may be male, or any group of pronouns you want to use, but if you listen to them their words are really those of a professional washer.  “Washing is the process of conveying a false impression or misleading information about how your thoughts, ideas, opinions or desires…

  • The New Pandemic

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    It is comforting to see that the ultra-wealthy that are attempting to overtake the halls of power globally are finally being referred to as the “morbidly wealthy”.  In the late 19th century they were called “the Captains of Industry” however, at the beginning of the 20th century a new term was coined.  It took some…

  • On Being a Recovering Racist

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    At a recent meeting Ron St. Pierre used the following statement in introducing himself:  “I’m Ron St. Pierre, a life long recovering racist!”  The room went quiet and I inwardly smiled.  I have never been that brutally honest about myself even though I have spent the last ten or fifteen years examining my preference/prejudices as…

  • Transformation for all Choosing to Be the Light

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    “Some years ago, I was stuck on a crosstown bus in New York City during rush hour. Traffic was barely moving. The bus was filled with cold, tired people who were deeply irritated with one another, with the world itself. Two men barked at each other about a shove that might or might not have…

  • How Social Media Robs You of the Power to Enjoy!

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    This is a repost of a Thom Hartmann Opinion in the New York Times. Allow it to inspire you to think about thinking! How George Orwell was right — and Steve Jobs was wrong | Opinion Opinion by Thom Hartmann A fascinating article in The New York Timesthis week by Kurt Gray, professor of psychology and neuroscience…

  • Equality, Responsibility, and Hope

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    In 1958 I heard John Diefenbaker tell the Progressive Conservative executive in our local constituency to things – first, “this is the last time a person like me will be able to be elected as a party leader.”  He then shook his head and a moment later put his hand to his chin to stop…