Can we ever return to the state in which being elected to political office is about serving the people and not about acquiring and exercising power?
Entries from January 2025
Political Power: Diverting the River
January 25th, 2025 Comments Off on Political Power: Diverting the River
Tags: Conservative · Donald Trump · Justin Trudeau · Liberal · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · Pierre Poilievre · political power
Nature as a Quilt: Bee Flies – The Blink of an Eye
January 18th, 2025 2 Comments
If you blink you might just overlook these striking and important insects.
Tags: Adorned Bee Fly · Banded Bee Fly · Bee flies · Greater Bee Fly · metaphor · Michael Robert Dtet · Nature · Tiger Bee Fly
Woke: Boxing a Shadow
January 11th, 2025 Comments Off on Woke: Boxing a Shadow
Tracing the origin of the term “woke” and arguing that it is time to retire it.
Tags: awake · metaphor · Michae Robert Dyet · stay woke · woke · wokeism
A Canadian’s Letter to Donald Trump
January 4th, 2025 Comments Off on A Canadian’s Letter to Donald Trump
An average Canadian’s letter to Donald Trump as he prepares to take office as president of the United States a second time.
Tags: Donald Trump · Greenland · Justin Trudeau · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · Pierre Trudeau · tariffs