(01,24,2024) Anguish is what one feels when experiencing acute suffering. It is what I feel every time that I hear about the slaughter of innocent children. As I’ve mentioned in the previous section of my blog, Jesus Christ loved children and he stated, as did many other prophets of God, that their innocence placed the…
Author: Gabriel A.D.
For over twenty years, I worked for the Nuclear Medicine and Nuclear Energy Industry of Canada, in Research and Development, creating new drawings and programs, as well as refurbishing old parts and manufacturing new ones. For the last sixteen of those years, I was the chief Nuclear Inspector, overseeing every aspect of the production and testing of all such parts. Then, I was forced into retirement by a debilitating neuro-muscular disorder which weakens me with every exertion of energy. No longer able to perform simple physical tasks, I reverted to my first passion, writing, to keep my mind from stagnating and to fulfill my creative impulse. On New Year's Eve, I mentioned to my daughter that I had conceived of a notion to write a blog about global issues such as politics, religion, the climate, etc. and she asked me why I would choose topics that are so controversial. At the time, I said that my reason was because of the controversy these topics cause. Not that I want to bring about more angst, but, these issues must be addressed and not ignored. We each have a voice and a say in what affects our world. Two days later, with the world on the brink of a third world war, a Nuclear war, I said to my daughter, " This is what I'm talking about!"
VICARIOUS
(12,23,2023) Vicarious could mean how one can feel through imagined participation in the experience of another. It could also refer to suffering in place of another. We have all heard the expression, ‘put yourself in my shoes’. Or, as the song goes, ‘walk a mile in my shoes’. Just imagine, for one minute, what it…
XENOPHOBIA
(11/23/2023) Xenophobia is an unreasonable fear or hatred of foreigners or strangers. It does not appear to be Christian-like to behave in an irrational way when one is simply confronted with another who is different from oneself. We were always taught to love one another and find no malice. And yet, there are some people…
OLEAGINOUS
(10,23,2023) Oleaginous is one who possesses the nature or quality of oil, as an unctuous character, overly earnest, excessively smug! Most people have come across this type of character at least once in their life. Sadly, all too often, the oily ones are seen promoting themselves as the next great politician who is attempting to…
SUBTERFUGE
(09,23,2023) Subterfuge is a stratagem, or trickery, which is oft used to evade, escape, or conceal the truth. This type of guile, or insidious duplicity in attaining a goal, has become commonplace among politicians, throughout the world, in today’s toxic environment, in particular, among the conservative establishment. In Ontario, Canada, we have a premier who…
IMPORTUNITY
(08,23,2023) Importunity refers to an entreaty or urging of excessive persistence. One cannot help but feel a sense of urgency, with the hundreds of fires that are burning all across the globe. In fact, there are hundreds currently raging just across the Northern hemisphere of Canada, from British Columbia to Ontario. Seen from above, it…
AUTHORITARIANISM
(07,23,2023) Authoritarianism refers to a government in which authority is centered in one person or a group which is not accountable to the people they represent. Although many wars have been fought in order to stamp out this totalitarian manner of ruling, the threat of such a regime, in America, has never been more evident!…
DESUETUDE
(06,23,2023) Desuetude refers to the state of being no longer used or practiced. Sadly, all truth, honesty and honour, which were once common practice, seem to have entered this state. They have been replaced by the uncommon malpractice of lies and deceit among many conservatives and separatists, not just in the states, but, also in…
PERNICIOUS
(05,23,2023) Pernicious means causing insidious harm or ruin. Every time that a far right conservative opens his or her mouth, in order to repeat ‘the big lie’, they do even more irreparable harm to the United States of America. The problem is that the far right is being ‘led around by the nose’, by neo…
PSYCHOSOMATIC
(04,23,2023) Psychosomatic is a term used to note a physical disorder which is caused or influenced by emotional factors. It is commonly used when referring to psychopaths who have developed certain character disorders that can be distinguished by amoral and/or antisocial behavior. This information leads me to believe that I now understand the subtle difference…