In Greece, while many people do not have much of a “yard” at their homes, many have a small garden in front, often with a native tree. The front “yard” here is quite small relative to the sizes of yards back in North America, but our tree of course is an olive. The neighbour on […]
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Back on October 23rd, I reported on a horribly misleading headline I discovered on the CBC website that claimed a tweet that was critical of Islam was “racist.” The article appeared during the Canadian federal election campaign, during a time when some reporters and media including Warren Kinsella were on a campaign to label Maxime
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See Update Below… The world has Ancient Greece to thank for their philosophers and ideas that they could question anything, investigate, think, express new ideas, and even realize that old beliefs about the world might be wrong. I am sure that if some of those ancient Greek philosophers were alive today, they would be mortified
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In a country where many people will beg for a job that pays 600.00 Euros a month – less than 5.50 CDN an hour – Greece sure has some strange ways of trying to make an “economic recovery.” A few months ago, Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ right wing government was elected on promises that included economic reform
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“We will not say hereafter that the Greeks fight like heroes, but heroes fight like Greeks!” ~Winston Churchill Greece had a tough time during World War II, and at the beginning of the war when they were drawn in by the Italians, they knew they were in for a possible huge defeat. Indeed, the Prime
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I know that many see this song and video about “Western excesses” but when I first heard the song, I did not have the video to watch at the same time and heard it differently. Perhaps that is one of the great things about music; we can all have our own interpretations and no one
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In Greece, trash and recycling is handled a little differently than in most parts of North America. Instead of a curb-side pick up where residents take their trash, recycling and compostable materials to the curb once or twice a week and drop it off in front of their house, Greeks take theirs to close-by neighbourhood
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“Protestantism Is A Wart On The Ass Of The World” Have I made a “racist” statement? How about this: “Roman Catholicism Is A Wart On The Ass Of The World.” Racist? I’m pretty sure I’d know the answer of any thinking person. Indeed, if I held such views and expressed them, some might be offended.
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Almost everywhere you are in Athens and its suburbs, you can see mountains. Looking north, south, east or west, and you realize Athens is situated on a large area surrounded by mountains, and may have been a good choice for those who wanted to be protected from invading armies and have good notice of their
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Two years ago (2017) during my very first trip to Greece, a high point was visiting Cape Sounion at the time of the full moon in late September. That time, we paid the fee and entered the archaelogical site of the Temple of Poseidon and watched the amazing view of the sun setting over the
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