• Death’s Secretary Tries to Forget on Cape Cod

    Updated: 2023-05-30 07:00:56
    Edward Curtin We have come to Cape Cod for a few days to forget the man-made world that is too much with us. I have asked my forgettery to get to work. As my childhood friends used to say to me, “Eddy spaghetti, use you forgetty.” The adults had no idea what they meant.  Many …

  • Alberta Election: Healthcare for the Unvaccinated?

    Updated: 2023-05-30 02:28:15

  • The Anti-Anti-Semitism Follies

    Updated: 2023-05-29 14:00:29
    CJ Hopkins Roll up, roll up, because it’s time once again for The Anti-Anti-Semitism Follies! That’s right, folks, it’s everyone’s favorite unintentionally slapstick theatrical revue, featuring an all-star line-up of uproarious propagandists, side-splitting corporate media clowns, babbling British Labour MPs, the all-singing, all-dancing Berlin Police Department, and other zany anti-anti-Semites! Grab your popcorn and sit …

  • REVIEW: The Zone of Interest by Martin Amis

    Updated: 2023-05-29 07:00:48
    VN alexander In Martin Amis’ The Zone of Interest (2014), set in a Nazi death camp, the Commander, Paul Doll, has his wife, Hannah, and two daughters living with him in the “zone,” where the smell of rotting flesh from the mass graves functions as a persistent clue that things have gone very, very wrong in the …

  • Notes to Poetry: Or, defending freedom for the future

    Updated: 2023-05-28 17:10:20
    Simon Elmer Der Zauberlehrling (1797) is the title of a famous ballad by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, a re-telling of an ancient Egyptian myth that was later put to music by the French composer, Paul Dukas, in his orchestral scherzo L’Apprenti sorcier (1897). The latter was chosen for the title of a text published in …

  • Remembering the Paris Commune

    Updated: 2023-05-28 08:00:57
    Catte Black The original version of this article was first published in the before times – back in the heady days of 2015 – when OffG was only a few weeks old, and our readership could be counted on the fingers of an inattentive lathe operator. Since, this year, the anniversary falls on a Sunday, …

  • Who really wants AI…and why?

    Updated: 2023-05-27 21:00:46
    TE Creus I’ve noticed that self-checkout is taking over more and more shops and supermarkets. They have existed for a while, of course, but more as an alternative to reduce lines, but now many shops have exclusively self-checkout machines. Yet, self-checkout appears not to be very effective or convenient, neither for shops nor for customers. …

  • Blinded by the Next Great Thing

    Updated: 2023-05-27 07:00:08
    Todd Hayen I must be missing a chip in my brain or something. Why have I never been blown away by the advances in technology that attempt to replace humans? I mean, I am fascinated by the next great robot vacuum cleaner, or a car that will pick you up after you’ve had your fine …

  • Catte’s Corner: Covid, virus theory & the painted goat

    Updated: 2023-05-26 17:00:43
    Catte Black Imagine…A man has sold you what he claims is a black goat. You take it home and discover it’s not a black goat at all, it’s a white goat painted in Dulux black emulsion. You have two options to show the man deceived you so you can  get your money back. 1. Prove …

  • In the days before…

    Updated: 2023-05-26 07:00:51
    Sylvia Shawcross So we’re having a Dogwood Spring some would say here in this part of the world. Early in the morning the ground frosts the edges of leaves and the bright taste of the cool air catches at memories of times passed. Around us, despite our human scampering and musing, nature still does what …

  • Helping Children Outgrow Food Allergies: Q&A With Terri Brown-Whitehorn, MD

    Updated: 2023-05-17 00:00:00
    Terri Brown-Whitehorn, MD, a food allergy clinical researcher for over 25 years, values being part of research families’ lives and seeing firsthand the impact of her work.

  • Committed to Pediatric Palliative Care: Q&A With Chris Feudtner, MD, PhD, MPH

    Updated: 2023-05-05 00:00:00
    The American Pediatric Society honored Dr. Feudtner for his contributions to pediatric sciences.

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