Category: Wisdom

The Real Reason Pediatricians Want You To Vaccinate Your Kids #vaccineswork

Vaccination (and anti-vaxxing) is in the news lately after recent measles outbreaks in Disneyland and across North America. Here’s a relevant article about how those who are anti-vax

How Secular Parenting Stacks Up

Pretty well actually… I could basically cut & paste the whole article as it’s all relevant but here are a few of my favourite sections… The results of

Powerful Reddit Thread Reveals How Poor Get By In America

The Washington Post picked up a recent Reddit thread which asked what do insanely poor people buy that ordinary people know nothing about? Absolutely heartbreaking stories.

Some Resonant, Relevant Quotes on Free Speech and the Charlie Hebdo Massacre From The #MetaFilter Thread #jesuischarlie

So I wrote about the Charlie Hebdo massacre in a rather rambling manner the other day. I’m still thinking about what happened a lot – the conflict between

#JeSuisCharlie (And Some Tangents About Language, The Nature of Offense and the Unintended Consequences of Trigger Warnings)

Trigger Warning: This essay contains ideas you might not agree with. You’ve probably heard about the terrorist criminal attack today in Paris that targeted journalists and cartoonists with

Music Monday – Honoring Our Parents: The Legacy of Residential Schools

There’s a popular story making the rounds on social media to help people in positions of privilege understand exactly what the concept means and what it affords them.

Mark Zuckerberg Starts Online Book Club – Is He The Internet Generation’s Oprah?

Facebook founder, Mark Zuckerberg, has started an online book club to help facilitate his annual resolution. Other years, he’s pledged to do everything from study Mandarin to wearing

The True Meaning of Christmas That Everyone Forgets

Someone on my Facebook posted a rather profound article about how the arguments between “Merry Christmas” and “Happy Holidays” are misguided. The article points out the fact that

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