American democracy hangs in the balance The 2022 Quebec general election was on October 3, but for U.S. citizens living in Quebec, there’s a big one down south a month after. While midterm elections in the States are traditionally much lower-profile events than elections with presidential candidates on the ballot, life down there is anything…
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The Nordiques? Guy Lafleur’s last game at the Montreal Forum was my first time attending a game of hockey. It was March 30, 1991, and it also happened to be the night when Guy scored the last goal — the 560th — of his NHL career. His final game in the league was actually the following…
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Millions of Canadians would be grateful if anyone could send vaccines to Canada. Image by pixundfertig. There are very few aspects about my homeland that I miss, but in 2021 folks living in the U.S. are lucky for one yuge reason: They have more than enough COVID-19 vaccines. Although the interests of Big Pharma typically…
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Quebec and the rest of North America were ravaged by the plague in 2020. The USA floundered due to the nation’s struggle with pathological individualism in the presence of a self-absorbed national leader who thought himself smarter than those who’ve studied epidemiology for decades. Masks work, and always have worked. The plague of anti-mask sentiment…
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Most citizens of the U.S. living outside its borders have the right to vote in the 2020 election. Due to a culmination of factors, U.S. citizens abroad are understandably anxious about having their ballots count this year. The current president casting doubt on the legitimacy of mail-in ballots should not deter us. On the contrary,…
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Complexe Desjardins interior on June 25, still nearly empty the week after it opened back up during Montreal’s coronavirus summer. Though malls elsewhere in Quebec opened on June 1, Montreal shoppers had to wait until June 19. The summer that didn’t happen September 22 is summer’s end in the Northern Hemisphere. And what a strange…
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Over a century later, lesson not learned What’s changed over 135 years in Montreal? Libraries are filled with such knowledge. In the age of COVID-19, we find one shameful phenomenon in Quebec that apparently hasn’t changed in over a century: denial and refusal of science by some in the population when faced with a public health…
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No Means No Is it odd that a citizen of the States like me who is a permanent resident in Quebec would want to keep the Americans out of Canada? Not at all. During this pandemic, keeping out non-essential travelers remains the most logical course of action, despite any drawbacks. At long last, Canada’s neighbor…
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Coronavirus Conspiracies in Canada Given the free flow of information experienced by people living in Canada, it’s foreseeable that facts and misinformation are often confused with one another by the scientifically illiterate sector of the public. Trafficking conspiracy theories can be a relatively harmless hobby (extraterrestrials walking among us, for example). But sometimes the perpetuation of…
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Nutrition versus coronavirus At its heart, eating against coronavirus is simply eating to support your immune system. This post is based on a 35-page review of emerging research titled Evidence Supporting a Phased Immuno-physiological Approach to COVID-19 From Prevention Through Recovery. The paper explains evidence-based tactics towards [1] individuals infected with SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes…
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