Yesterday, August 9, was National Peacekeepers’ Day. The citizens of Saskatoon honoured the occasion with a memorial service at the cenotaph outside of City Hall. The gathering was small. Several dozen veterans and active service members mingled in the warm evening air, squinting into the still-bright setting sun, before taking their seats at seven o’clock. […]
In my previous post, I talked about the possibility of glory in war. I alluded to this being an inherent reality of human nature. At sometime, I’ll have to delve into the concept of the warrior ethos in more detail. But that’s for another time. War can be glorious, yes, at least in parts. But […]
Remembrance Day: the time of year when we argue about honouring the service of our nation’s soldiers. I’ve written about this before. I figure I’ll write about it every year until I’m gone. In any case – although I tried mightily hard to avoid doing so – here’s this year’s two cents. It isn’t really […]
We start wearing our poppies today. Sadly, the relative importance of Remembrance Day in Canada depends on a frequently capricious populace. Too often citizens are prodded toward contempt of veterans by spiteful provocateurs rallying against a militarism that exists solely in their imaginations. Malaise, I suppose, is a more common condition – our country has […]
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