Being back in the US for more than a couple days has brought into focus some things I haven’t missed since moving to Quebec in 2004. Top among them would have to be all the crazy forms of religion that freely suffuse public life here. For instance: As we have traversed various California highways over …
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This afternoon, I filled out the Canadian census and the voluntary Canada Household Survey. I’m not sure how close the latter is to the Long Form census that Harper nixed, but it was certainly more thorough than the short form, which asked almost nothing demographically, sociologically or historically useful. The survey asked questions about religion, …
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American jingoism doesn’t look any better in 2011 than it did in 2001. I am really having a hard time with people’s enjoyment of revenge. Sure, Obama scored some kind of symbolic military victory, but it is just that. In America, bin Laden’s relevance has been mostly symbolic for a long time. He was clearly …
There will be lots of talk about this or that epoch changing development. That’s great for pundits, but we need only look back to the ADQ’s recent victory and then subsequent demise in Quebec politics for a cautionary tale. The New Democrats have a chance to really become a major force nationally, but that is …
J: I just bought a Quebec flag on Amazon. Also, CBC’s glee at Duceppe’s loss (vs. Ignatieff’s) is palpable. J: Ignatieff on the liberals: “I am the humble heir of that tradition. And I didn’t come into politics to see it die.” Um. Oops. C: Are we gonna watch this all night or what? It’s …
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I’m sure this has had a gazillion retweets, but I find it a pretty interesting reflection on academic freedom in the 60s. And I like Ohmann’s scholarship, too. The landscape certainly has changed today, but I find his point about the connection to new social movements particularly profound.
