Affluenza – The bloated, sluggish and unfulfilled feeling resulting from trying to buy all the latest stuff and keep up with the Joneses.
Do two wrongs make a right? Nope. It’s a fallacy – a mistake in reasoning.
To increase the variety of trees and shrubs we can plant in our landscape we often bring in new species from areas with a similar climate.
Last week I wrote about how it is movements of people that make history and how there is a heritage movement that you support when you visit or volunteer at your local museum like the Mennonite Heritage Village (MHV).
It is sometimes said that professional sports are a metaphor for life. In many ways during the pandemic, it has been as much a mirror as a metaphor.
As was stated in our post last week, growth is considered the primary indicator of economic health in pretty much all countries, whether communist, socialist, or capitalist. This seems to be normal thinking.
Sometimes I have found myself strangely moved while reading one of the classics written well before I was born.
These days society’s accepted views on historical figures go viral and change so quickly. For me, it confirms our need for a more communal understanding of history.
Despite the many challenges that are happening in the world these days there was optimistic economic news in Manitoba this past week as Statistics Canada data showed that our province had one of the strongest employment recoveries in the country during the month of June.
For us, living in the 21st century, growth is normal. Our families grow, our homes are bigger, our city grows, our province grows in terms of wealth and population, our country’s GDP grows.
