“Rule your mind or it will rule you.” ~Buddha Some mornings I wake before dawn and lie still, listening for signs that the house is awake. A cough down the hallway. The sound of a drawer opening. Water running softly in the kitchen sink. My mother is ninety-seven years old now, and before my feet…
Twenty years ago I did a brief study of The Chemistry of Love, to explore how our bodies seemingly compel us to fall in love in the interest of procreation. And how in the process (what I then thought was) our ‘free will’ is totally taken away from us. Now I know a little better,…
The federal government is reversing course on its order demanding TikTok wind down its operations in Canada, but says the social media giant will be beholden to some new rules. Industry minister Mélanie Joly announced on Monday evening that the government had completed its national security review of TikTok under the Investment Canada Act, and…
Right now, on a desk in an unfinished basement of Eric Bouchard’s Ottawa home, sits a phone with 512MB of RAM and a 1-GHz processor. No, it’s not a Samsung Galaxy Pocket 2 from 2014. It’s a prototype for The Basic Phone, Bouchard’s entrance into the nascent “dumbphone” market. He thinks he can make it…
Here’s the argument: Taylor Swift rents Madison Square Garden, fills it with Swifties for a free communal viewing party, and pipes in a livestream of the real ceremony happening quietly somewhere else. It threads a needle nothing else does. Sources close to the couple say Swift is wary of putting her personal life up for…
Unidentified Submerged Objects (USOs) are described as anomalous, high-speed craft detected beneath the world’s oceans, most notably by U.S. Navy personnel. Witness accounts often describe spherical or cylindrical objects maneuvering underwater without visible propulsion systems or conventional exhaust signatures. According to reports, some of these objects travel at extraordinary speeds below the surface and appear…
The film screen isn’t the only place Queen Latifah has found love over the years! In fact, the hip hop icon has been locked in with one woman, Eboni Nichols, for at least a decade. Despite the time spent together, the Queen and Eboni have managed to maintain a low-key public presence, especially regarding their…
Fathoming the byzantine thinking processes of pro-Trump religious zealots may or may not be aided by reading VP J.D.Vance’s latest book Communion: Finding My Way Back to Faith. Described by a Times review as “part rant, part sermon, a contradictory, self-righteous, angry, humourless and slightly sinister mess of a book.” With divorced parents and…
Podcast: Play in new window | Download | Embed Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Email | RSS Welcome to Foreign Policy with Robert Inlakesh. In today’s episode, Robert discusses how the violent destabilizing actions of the United States and Israel on the world stage are in the interest of creating a new global order—one that puts the two governments at the center of the new control paradigm. …
A jalapeno outbreak that has sickened hundreds of people has prompted a major recall of fresh dips at several of the country’s largest grocery chains. Taylor Farms is pulling salsa and guacamole from Walmart, Kroger, Target, and Whole Foods over salmonella concerns. The action follows a jalapeno outbreak that has sickened 345 people across 27…
