Hardcover, 426 pages *Published: November 13th 2018 by Crown * Original Title: Becoming * Edition Language: English URL: https://BecomingMichelleObama.com/ I’ve had a copy of Michelle Obama’s book since a day or two after Christmas 2018. Someone made an out-of-the-blue purchase after watching me pour through its pages for a couple of hours at an…
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Identity Leadership – Graham Steadman
Hardcover: 272 pages * Published: May 7th 2019 * Publisher: Center Street * ISBN: 1546083375 (ISBN13: 9781546083375) Ahmed El Hady, Big Think: “In our neuro-centric world-view, a person is equated to his brain. The neuro-discourse has penetrated all aspects of our lives from law to politics to literature to medicine to physics. As part of…
Modern Humanism – Our Voice (Part II)
Go to: Modern Humanism – Part I In a Toronto Star article, Oprah Winfrey talks about income inequality and why she left 60 Minutes by relating an experience early in her career. “In the late ’70s and ’80s, she said, “back when I was doing the news in Baltimore, I asked to make the same…
Pillars of Democracy – Freedom
How important is privacy to you? I know a strange question to ask, especially living and a free and democratic society, such as Canada, where we enjoy a considerable amount of privacy thanks to our laws namely our Charter. So let me ask you another question; how important is freedom to you? Yes, another strange…
Pillars of Democracy – Representation
To celebrate its 25th-anniversary CPAC launched a four-part documentary series calledthe Four Pillars of Democracy: Justice, Freedom, Equality, and Representation which highlights four democratic events that have shaped our social and political landscape. Imagine, if you will, these four pillars are actually four legs to a dinner table that holds a feast of the various…
Indentity Politics
2017 we watched the NDP Leadership Race of four hopefuls; Jagmeet Singh, Guy Caron, Charlie Angus and Nikki Ashton. Although the winning title, “Leader of the New Democratic Party” was awarded to Jagmeet Singh, one cannot turn a blind eye to Nikki Ashton’s formidable performance not only for what she believed would be right for…
Church and State vs Religion and Politics (Part I)
Original post – Spring 2012: Secularism is the belief that government exists separately from religion and religious beliefs. Under this definition, it is viewed that government plays a neutral role and views human activities and political decisions should be unbiased by religious influence. It is not an argument against Christianity, it’s independent of it without actively…
