The map is not the territory. It’s a tool for learning the territory: orientation. Recently I’ve revived a favorite off-grid pastime of mine, exploring the terrain of my neighborhood, in search of trails and other possible corridors linking forest, waterfront, and other wild places. For an extended hike, the challenge…
Category: Philosophy
Rome vs. the Barbarians, Part 2
In Part 1 of Rome vs. the Barbarians, I introduce Thomas Mann’s little-known political essays from World War I Germany (Reflections of a Nonpolitical Man), painting the perennial battle not so much between West and East, or democracy and autocracy, but between progress and tradition, the future and the past,…
Covexit and Beyond
Covexit nationwalking away from yourselfwho will you become? Unity and Gratitude ‘The battle for Freedom is only beginning. My fellow Canadians - this is a consequential and generational battle for freedom, for humanity, for all our todays and all our tomorrows. A miraculous time to be alive. The eyes…
Subverses for Canada
New Canada Day 29 January 2022 We waited so long for this awakening. One rule too many for the truckers was the straw that broke our patience. Now one young man walks a flag across a ferry deck, and a car horn beeps, and another honks, until the whole…