Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is an absurd one. (Voltaire)
It’s been a while, I know. This blogging thing is pretty demanding after all, especially considering my long and convoluted thinking process, reflected in my long and convoluted writing style. Hopefully, I’ll get lighter and have more punch, but I don’t expect to get there before a few more months of learning-by-doing. In the meantime, […]
For my first reading notes in this blog, I decided to review a little book published in french in 2005, written by a literary columnist at Le Devoir, Montreal’s openly sovereigntist daily, a paper which in all fairness remains a major reference for anyone with an honest desire to better understand Québec’s political ethos. Louis […]
Short post today. Well, relatively short. With the few scattered entries that I published since I opened shop, and with a learning curve still pretty hard to climb, I thought I should focus these final musings of 2006 on… 2007.
In fact, since I would rather wait for next year before I get in any more […]
First, let me be clear about one thing. I do respect the intellectual battle that Bernard Landry goes on fighting for the benefit of Québec sovereignty, and I have no doubt whatsoever about his sincerity or his dedication for a cause which, according to his belief, is in the long-term interest of the people of […]
Sunday night, as he received his Masque - the Québécois Tony award - for best actor, former dancer with LaLaLa Human Steps Marc Béland ended his comments with a rhetorical “what are we waiting for, before we make a country for ourselves?” At least, I’m assuming it was rhetorical, otherwise one would hardly understand either […]
For Québec federalists of all hues of (multi-)national loyalty, the last couple of months must have been quite a roller coaster, with its most intense drops and turns all concentrated in one single final greening day of the big red convention. It’s certainly been the case for me, that’s for sure. What an incredible rush, […]
Seems like lots of Canadians have been surprised lately by an old skeleton coming out of its closet. For sure, the Québec nation saga must have crossed some imaginary line as it now appears that a (close to) unanimous motion in the House of Commons will be adopted tomorrow attributing something referenced by the word […]
