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tim rourke

Naziism 2.0

Naziism 2.0

March 12, 2023 There must be no 3.0. Long ago, when I was in high school, when world war two was not so long ago, I was concerned about Naziism. Not too many people around me shared my concern about them. It was assumed that those ogres were history,

Failure of Logic

Failure of Logic

March 15, 2023 Logic must apply to all of reality. I have been blogging now for three years. My aim has been, first of all, to try to apply proper thinking skills to the important topics of the times. These are mostly about putting in place institutions which can secure

A Bad Time to be Old

A Bad Time to be Old

April 1, 2023 A Letter to Family in Disturbing Times I live in Toronto. Much of my family still live in Alberta. Most of them do not like me. Some are more progressive. I sometimes go back ‘home’ for a visit. With covid, that has not been possible for some

The Climate Xhosa

The Climate Xhosa

April 25, 2023 inducing entire populations to self destruct Once upon a time there was a large tribe in South Africa called the Xhosa. They lived by raising beef cattle and planting maize. Their political structure was very decentralized, with a high chief presiding over a large number of clan

Me and Basic Income

Me and Basic Income

May 26, 2023 The lifelong evolution of my relationship to an idea. May 26, 2023 If you have no idea what I am talking about when I say ‘Basic Income’, go here. I zoomed into the Annual General Meeting of Basic Income Canada Network (BICN) yesterday. I do not think

About Human Design Flaws.

About Human Design Flaws.

August 30, 2023 It is time for me to engage in some misanthropism I am now going to dip my quill into my inkpot and mess up some parchment about the wickedness of mankind outside my sealed off and secure little world. I really have become something like a monk

No Flame Outs

No Flame Outs

September 8, 2023 I have small patience for martyrs or ‘writers’ I recently looked over some old writing I found in a cranny of my hard drive. Much of it was from a creative writing course I availed myself of in the last century. I was attending university on a