No Pain, No Gain: How Suffering Could Save The World

No Pain, No Gain: How Suffering Could Save The World

“Hope is justified when a realistic path toward a better future exists.” From The Hopeful Mindset The Hopeful Mindset lays out a path to a better future and claims that the existence of this path is a justification for hope. However, if too few people adopt the values...
Distrust, Guns, and The Independent Mindset

Distrust, Guns, and The Independent Mindset

In a recent Slate Magazine article by Eric Reinhart called “There’s One Thing Republicans Get Right About Gun Control” (https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2022/06/redefining-gun-control-in-a-nation-of-distrust.html) the author states: “In the wake of mass shootings...
Putin’s Legacy: A Better World?

Putin’s Legacy: A Better World?

My daughter-in-law, Rita, is of Polish decent and she is a member of the Polish community here in Victoria. Recently she organized a benefit for the Ukraine held in Victoria’s Polish hall. In cooperation with Victoria’s Ukrainian community she put together a very...
The Cynical Mindset of Vladimir Putin

The Cynical Mindset of Vladimir Putin

“The Face of War” by Ukrainian artist Dariya Marchenko. Made with 5,000 bullet casings.   In a recent opinion piece in the The Guardian titled “What’s going on inside Putin’s mind? His own words give us a disturbing clue” by Michel Eltchaninoff, the...