The Trouble With Normal Is It Only

Most Of The Time, Our Deeper, Stronger Feelings Are Things We All Have In Common.

In Between Effect And Cause And Just Beyond The Range Of Normal Sight, This Glittering Joker Was Dancing In The Dragon's Jaws.

Everything That Makes A Society Run Is Broken In Iraq. The Only Real Structure Is The People's Own Sense Of Themselves As Iraqis, Which Was Very Strong. They're A Proud People, And They Trace Their Historic Roots Way, Way Back.

There's So Many Ways In Which Canada And America Are Inextricably Connected Politically, Economically, Socially. There's No Stepping Away. But At The Same Time, We Don't Have A Say. Canada Is A Different Country. Sometimes I Think Of It As Finland In The Soviet Era. We're Totally Free, But We're Totally Free To Agree, Basically. If We Disagree Too Heartily Or Over Too Sensitive An Issue, Then We Pay A Price For That.

Resisting The Powers That Be, We Are Keeping Things From Getting Worse Than They Otherwise Might Be. And That Effort Is Very Much Worthwhile.