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.

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Cryptocurrency and War – Cousins in Absurdity – Challenged by AI

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On The Record

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Having accepted the evidence, without reciting it all here, The Fifth Column is going On The Record as recognizing that, among other things,...
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How to Build an Intelligent Online Answer Machine

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Ever since Facebook and Amazon people have become lazier, or perhaps more accurately addicted to convenience over all else, including ethic...
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2025-08-28

Historical Mythology – WWII: The Anti-Fascist War

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As we watch the direction the American Trump regime is taking today we are seeing a lot of commentary and memes referencing how the allies ...
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Black and White Photo Versions of an Industrial Site

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I was reviewing my Portugal Bike tour photos for PC wallpaper suitable photos and noticed this industrial shot that I thought might look be...
2025-07-27

I’m Supposed to Write a Blog Post Today

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When I rebooted this blog in the fall of 2018 I made a commitment to post at least once a month and so far I have kept that promise to mysel...
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Portugal Bike Tour Slideshows

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These photos were taken during the excellent  Pedal and Sea Adventures    Portugal’s Blue Coast Cycling Tour  in May 2025 featuring excellen...
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The Non-Profit Small Business Model

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The non-profit small business model provides interest free start-up loans to individuals or groups who apply to start a non-profit business....
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The Next Four Years: An Opportunity for the New Democratic Party

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The last election may have been an electoral disaster for the NDP but it is also an opportunity that should not be passed by. Indeed th...
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Lambda Posters Year Four 1972-1973

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This is part of a series of blog posts featuring posters published in the Laurentian University (Sudbury, Ontario) student newspaper, Lambda...
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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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