“A man does not wither at the thought of dancing. But it is generally to be avoided.” This and other important insights from the wonderfully funny Tom Chiarella who takes a shot at defining us in the latest edition of Esquire. Highly recommended, along with the list of men to emulate, including the man on [...]
Archive for April, 2009
What is a Man?
Posted in Men, Obama, tagged Bob Dylan on April 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
31 Things a Man Should Own
Posted in Men, tagged Music, New Brunswick, St. John River on April 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
While browsing through the May “How to be a Man” edition of Esquire, I stumbled on a list of 31 things a man should own and, for the most part, know how to use. Some years ago in a long lost column in the now defunct New Brunswick Reader magazine I mocked a Men’s Journal [...]
‘Abolish tenure’
Posted in Freedom, Universities, tagged Academic freedom on April 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This and other radical and welcome recommendations for the reform of academia from Mark C. Taylor, chair of the religion department at Columbia University in today’s New York Times. “Graduate education is the Detroit of higher learning. Most graduate programs in American universities produce a product for which there is no market (candidates for teaching [...]
On the White House and Hannah Arendt
Posted in Freedom, Media, Newspapers, Obama, Universities, tagged Justice, Obama on April 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
After having spent several weeks this winter and spring at St. Thomas University reading political philosopher and journalist Hannah Arendt’s exploration of the “banality of evil”, this column in the New York Times about the Bush White House and torture appeared particularly frightening and enlightening. “Five years after the Abu Ghraib revelations, we must acknowledge [...]
Flood watch update
Posted in Fredericton, St. John River, tagged Flood, Fredericton, New Brunswick, River Watch, St. John River on April 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We’re late posting this, but we were out listening to excellent bebop jazz at the Grill on York with Silvio Pupo and Joel LeBlanc.
The prediction is that we will be at about 7-metres in Fredericton through the weekend (flood stage is 6.5). According to River Watch, there is more water coming early in the week. [...]
Park protest moves minister
Posted in St. John River, tagged Fredericton, New Brunswick, Politics on April 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The group that is protesting the closure of Mactaquac Park in winter marched on the provincial Legislature yesterday in Fredericton.
The protesters, including our friend Jennifer Beckley, met with Tourism Minister Stuart Jamieson yesterday in front of the Legislature. We were there to hear the minster say that he is willing to plow the entrance to [...]
Flood forecast update
Posted in St. John River, tagged EMO, Flood, River Watch, St. John River on April 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
UPDATE:
The following flood warning is issued by River Watch 2009 and the Department of Public Safety’s New Brunswick Emergency Measures Organization (NB-EMO) on Thursday, April 23, 2009:
In response to the heavy precipitation earlier this week, the rain forecast for today and rising temperatures later this week, river levels are expected to increase for the next [...]
Get ready for the flood
Posted in Fredericton, St. John River, tagged Flood, Fredericton, River Watch, St. John River on April 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I just listened to EMO officer Karl Wilmot on CBC Radio in Fredericton. To say he is concerned about what is happening in the St. John River watershed is an understatement. In particular he is concerned about the water that will be dumped into the system when temperatures reach into the high 20s on the [...]
Flood Watch Update
Posted in Fredericton, St. John River, tagged Flood, River Watch, St. John River on April 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
After a day of staring at the numbers and trying to interpret the carefully worded releases from EMO in New Brunswick, I am preparing for a flood. It may not be the flood of 2008 all over again, but we are going to experience some flooding. EMO predicts the river will rise above flood level [...]
St. John River flood watch begins
Posted in St. John River, tagged Flood, River Watch, St. John River on April 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It’s raining, hard. Snow is melting. My house is in a low lying area in the St. John River valley. Now the real flood watch begins in New Brunswick. It’s too soon to really worry, but not to soon to start preparing. This is the latest from the New Brunswick government. More information is available [...]
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