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Tag Archives: history
At this inflection point in history, compassion has to stand its ground
A recent opinion piece by Eileen Chadnick in Canada’s Globe and Mail newspaper caught my eye: Humanity, connection, and compassion – the keys to bringing staff back to the office successfully. It reminded the reader of what we already know … Continue reading
Posted in History and Politics, Leadership
Tagged COID, compassion, connectedness, extremism, history, humanity, inflation, inflection point, nationalism, pandemic, Pro-life, staff shortages
42 Comments
If I could turn back time – for peace, for love, …, for dinosaurs?
At the beginning of this year I accepted a challenge from fellow blogger John Persico, who writes the thought-provoking blog, Aging Capriciously. I committed to writing on 3 topics of John’s choosing, and in return he’d write on 3 that … Continue reading
Posted in History and Politics, Just wondering
Tagged Cher, dinosaurs, history, If I could turn back time, leadership, Margaret MacMillan, Ming Dynasty, peace, philosophy, war
57 Comments
Fleeing Ukrainians – why does it never stop?
When we think of paintings by the famous French painter Mark Chagall (actually Russian-French), we typically think of his dreamlike themes and brilliant use of colour. Always imaginative. Often free-floating. But he also painted powerful paintings that didn’t dance and … Continue reading
Posted in History and Politics
Tagged art, history, Marc Chagall, Russian invasion, The Ukrainain Family, Ukraine
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Map Monday: this sovereign nation called Ukraine
As the world watches in horror as a megalomaniacal tyrant re-enacts what our parents, grandparents, and great-grandparents lived through in Europe in the last century, it’s impossible to contemplate writing about anything but the travesty – the evil – that … Continue reading
Posted in History and Politics, Map Monday
Tagged freedom, history, maps, Putin, Russia, sovereignty, Ukraine
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Map Monday: Population growth – and shrinkage – over the millenia
We all know – well, most of us know – that the human species has roamed the Earth for a very long time. A fascinating interactive population map at Our World in Data provides us with lots of data to … Continue reading
Posted in Map Monday
Tagged history, human history, maps, population density, population growth, world maps
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Knowledge, wisdom, truth, and trust
How many of you are presented with an unexpected New Year’s challenge, should you wish to accept it? This was my year. On January 5th a fellow blogger at Aging Capriciously, John Persico, challenged me to write 3 blog posts, … Continue reading
Posted in History and Politics
Tagged Christopher Columbus, education, history, ignorance, knowledge, politics, power, science, trust, truth, wisdom
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Map Monday: democracy throughout history
There’s much lamenting these days of the future of democracy as we know it, or rather as we would like it to be. Sorry to say that, as an example, there is much concern both inside and outside one of … Continue reading
Posted in History and Politics, Map Monday
Tagged authoritarianism, autocracy, democracy, history, maps, world maps
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