THE FIFTH COLUMN

"This column is dedicated to the proposition that Canada (and indeed the world) is in a crisis situation and that fundamental social change is required to remedy this situation." - The First Column, Lambda November 2, 1971 This blog is inspired by my column of the same name in the Laurentian University Newspaper, Lambda, from 1971-1973. The title refers to the concept of subverting the system from within. To read key excerpts from those columns read the first few posts in this blog.

2008-01-31

Actually Not - Al Gore

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Click image to enlarge Today’s editorial cartoon in the Ottawa Citizen may not have been intended to be taken seriously but only meant as a...
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2008-01-30

Are Americans Ready to Make History

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John Edwards departure from the Democratic Party race means that Americans will have to make history and elect the first black man or the fi...
2008-01-29

The Cult of Personality Without The Personality

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A cult of personality or personality cult arises when a country's leader uses mass media to create a larger-than-life public image thro...
2008-01-28

Sick and Comfortable

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Do you ever have one of those days you feel so sick and miserable you just call in sick, spend the day in your warm bed in your nice warm ho...
2008-01-25

Global Warming and Common Sense

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At a time when the climate is changing, in large part because of excessive and wasteful use of energy, why would anyone want to do this , wh...
2008-01-24

My Scanning Project Progresses

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My scanning project is progressing. I have scanned over 500 slides so far. These photos, taken with my Konica Autoreflex T3, are also from t...
2008-01-23

The Contradictions of Religion and Religious Tolerance

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One can understand the birth of religion at a time before the age of reason and science, when people were looking for simple explanations of...
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2008-01-22

Phasing Out Tobacco

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A United States Senator has an interesting idea . U.S. Senator Mike Enzi, R-Wyo., has proposed a tobacco-control plan that cuts to the chase...
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2008-01-21

Multiculturalism and Reasonable Accommodation - It’s as Canadian as a Kilt or a Hijab

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When you invite friends over do you ever serve food that their religion forbids them to eat. If you go to a wedding of someone of another fa...
2008-01-18

Celebrity Success Stories

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Well I have been skimming through my wife's People Magazine for the latest news, The big success story seems to be about how a celebrit...
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Richard W. Woodley was born in Sudbury, Ontario in 1950. He earned an Honours Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Laurentian University where he was the News Editor of the student newspaper Lambda and active in student politics. He was active in the New Democratic Party and Waffle in Sudbury and Kanata, as well as Kanata municipal politics. He was a member of the Bridlewood Residents Hydro Line Committee (BRHLC) and creator of the now archived Bridlewood Electromagnetic Fields (EMFs) Information Service. He worked on Parliament Hill for 33 years indexing the Debates of the House of Commons (Hansard) and it's committees. Richard has been an outdoorsperson and environmentalist for most of his life and a life long cyclist.
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