Christine Quaglia

Published in Thoughts And Ideas

·May 25

In America It’s Always Time To Die

Everywhere you go, everything you do they’ll be killing you. Or, even worse, they’ll be allowing you to be killed. In the United States of America it is, apparently, always time to die. From the moment a person leaves their home, and, to an extent, even while in their home…

Guns

5 min read

Published in Thoughts And Ideas

·May 23

Amber Heard Isn’t a Perfect Victim and Doesn’t Need To Be

As much as I love celebrity gossip I have surprised myself by not voraciously following the Johnny Depp and Amber Heard defamation trial unfolding in a Virginia courtroom. I have — shudder — gotten older and maybe slightly more mature and lost some of my appetite for it. …

Amber Heard

5 min read

Published in Thoughts And Ideas

·Apr 22

Life Changes In a Tweet

“There aren’t two sides to a lie”, tweeted Richard Stengel former editor of Time magazine and former Under Secretary of State in the Obama administration. …

Truth

7 min read

Published in Thoughts And Ideas

·Mar 23

Two Knights and No Rabbi Don’t Walk Into a Bar

Even in the midst of its horror, the world, in its funny and infinite ways, reminds us that it also never fails to surprise and delight. Yesterday, was one of those surprising and delightful days when it was announced that a deal had been struck between two of the major…

Canada

7 min read

Two Knights and No Rabbi Don’t Walk Into a Bar

Published in Thoughts And Ideas

·Feb 24

Vladimir Putin Did Not Get Here on His Own

Vladimir Putin is a demonstrable mad man. He has demonstrated his cruelty throughout his reign and made clear that there is no depth to which he wouldn’t go, if only provided the opportunity. Putin has now received his golden opportunity in the form of a Western hemisphere in a precipitous…

Russia

7 min read

Vladimir Putin Did Not Get Here on His Own

Published in Freethinkr

·Updated Jul 10, 2021

Lessons From a Dog to His Mom

To the little one who has shown me big and important things, thank you. — I’ll just put it out there up front that the dog in the title of this piece is Charlie — my dog — and the Mom, as you have likely deduced by now, is me. …

Love

7 min read

Published in Thoughts And Ideas

·Jul 7, 2021

The Great Unnamed Ache

Lately, I have been feeling an unnamed ache. It is not physical, but it is present, and it is more than understandable. It is because it is impossible to look at the fractured state of our world and not feel impossibly sad about all that has been lost. I got…

Society

10 min read

Published in Freethinkr

·Updated Apr 3, 2021

And on the Third Day, He Rose Again

This weekend the Christian faithful all over the world will celebrate Easter. Jesus’ death, resurrection, and ascension from the dead. During this holiest of weeks as many reflect on Jesus’ ascension, I find myself reflecting on George Floyd. I am reflecting on the video that so clearly reflects George Floyd’s…

George Floyd

6 min read

Published in Freethinkr

·Updated Mar 31, 2021

Weirdo Like Me and You

The other night I was lying in bed reminding myself that I am still a human person with a beating heart. So, pretty usual fare for a Wednesday night. Especially a Wednesday night in a pandemic in which we have all, in one form or fashion, been isolated and living…

Self

8 min read

Published in Freethinkr

·Updated Mar 24, 2021

Ranunculus Season

This year I decided to be a little crazy indulgent and treat myself to a subscription of my favourite flower: ranunculus. I figure we’ll be somewhat at home a while longer, a local farm grows them, and looking at these ruffled beauties from March through June will bring me incomparable…

Psychology

7 min read