Monthly Archives: January 2016
How One Elderly Woman Took on Jim Crow in Washington—And Won
She launched her case against almost six years before Rosa Parks helped start the Montgomery bus boycott and a decade before sit-ins rocked lunch counters across the South
For your amusement
It’s possible that there is a “mirror universe” where time moves backwards, say scientists
Although we experience time in one direction—we all get older, we have records of the past but not the future—there’s nothing in the laws of physics that insists time must move forward. In trying to solve the puzzle of why time moves in a certain direction, many physicists have settled on entropy, the level of molecular […]
Insignificance
Photos: The elderly scenesters of Chinatown
The dilemma of the Cosby sex allegations
The dilemma of the Cosby sex allegations
By PAT WATSON
With all his accomplishments and accolades, his doctor of philosophy degree in education, his millions of dollars, who would want to be Bill Cosby today?
The rumour that has dogged the man who became known as ‘America’s Dad’, that he is alleged to be a sexual predator and rapist is tying a lot of Black people in knots precisely because he has had such a long career as a well-meaning father figure in the public eye.
There was Cosby interacting with endearing and clever little children in his “Kids Say the Darndest Things” television series, and then that top-rated “Cosby Show” through which a good portion of America’s Black middle class finally felt some kind of cathartic vindication. Before that, he was moving the colour line back in the 1960s co-starring in “I Spy”. So many of us grew up to the sounds of “Fat Albert” while watching Saturday morning cartoons.
There is that Bill Cosby.
But today, we are hearing that there is another Bill Cosby.
– See more at: http://sharenews.com/the-dilemma-of-the-cosby-sex-allegations/#sthash.ffFKup0d.dpuf
Pat Watson is the author of the e-book, In Through A Coloured Lens, available through Amazon. Twitter@patprose.
The Dusty Crystal Ball does a snow job on 2016
The Dusty Crystal Ball does a snow job on 2016
By PAT WATSON
The seconds are ticking into 2016. At this time and in this space, as one year hands off to the next, the Dusty Crystal Ball nudges its way to the centre to again prognosticate, with absolute improbability, expectations for the year ahead.
Here then, for your amusement, are the top 10 events to watch for in 2016 – none of which are expected to materialize. Remember, this particular crystal ball is very, very dusty, and has yet to see any of its predictions come true…except for the odd accidental piece of irony.
Prediction 1: The unusually warm Christmas 2015 season, during which time so many across Canada finally began to talk about the reality of global warming, will quickly be forgotten once meteorologists and climatologists ramp up their statements that this year’s weather anomaly is the result of yet another El Niño system. The questioning will end when a more typical winter returns by the end of January. Then, the talk among strangers at bus stops while waiting in the freezing cold for the bus or streetcar will be, “Global warming? What global warming?”
– See more at: http://sharenews.com/the-dusty-crystal-ball-does-a-snow-job-on-2016/#sthash.hTEzz2NS.dpuf
Pat Watson is the author of the e-book, In Through a Coloured Lens. Twitter@patprose.
“Life is not simply about …
“Life is not simply about fulfilling dreams. It’s also about overcoming curses.” ~from The Wishing Map, Episode 121
In Through A Coloured Lens 