writer. editor. satirist. mennonite.
As a writer of satire, I’ve reflected before about the very peculiar ways in which people sometimes interpret what they read, often projecting their own meaning not only onto the text, but onto the author of the text. I’m not…
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“A man who would not help to defend his country and womankind is a coward and a cad.” – The Telegraph The Last Objectors One of the more common and unfortunate characterizations of the Conscientious Objector or pacifist is that…
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(photo credit: John McCallum/CC) A letter to Justin Trudeau Back in October when we were beginning to see indications that Justin Trudeau may be back-pedaling on his promise of electoral reform, I sent the following email to the Prime Minister’s…
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