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In this section of The World According to Brother Ian, called the Emperor’s New Clothes, we take a peek at the things around the world that people don’t seem to know about, but should. Just a few years ago on the CBC, someone was asking Gore Vidal in Montreal if he thought the divisive politics…
In this part of Brother Ian, we take a look at the things that are going on in the world that some folks seem to miss, no matter how important those things might be. One of the Ten Things (in the menu bar above) is what I believe is the critical piece in sorting out any…
People who manufacture weapons or invest in weapons industries are hypocrites if they call themselves Christian, Pope Francis said on Sunday. Francis issued his toughest condemnation to date of the weapons industry at a rally of thousands of young people at the end of the first day of his trip to the Italian city of…
In the Emperor’s New Clothes part of this blog, we offer discourses and stories about the connections that matter, but are often left out (or distorted) in the storytelling of the day. Our purpose: To get you to think, and get you to feel. It’s hard to change your ways when a) you make a…
In this part of the blog (the Emperor’s New Clothes), we offer a moment of telling the stories of people who resist the mainstream view of things. This past week, the people who started and pushed the Invasion of Iraq in 2003 are universally saying….it was a mistake. Here’s the story about that, from the…
The conventional wisdom: The more money you have, the better your life is. Wisdom gained by experience suggests otherwise. In the Ten Things to Teach & Know, one of the bits is that the more you have, the poorer you are. It looks like Alex, in the story below, might agree, as he labels winning $18…
In the Emperor’s New Clothes section of this site, we take a look at things that are generally accepted as fact or conventional wisdom, that are neither (like in the story). Randall with xkcd.com tells it: About Columbus Meanwhile, the Oatmeal (Matthew) put together the best easy-to-read treatise on Columbus, based on Howard Zinn’s work,…
In this section of Brother Ian, we take a peek at the things that people don’t seem to want to examine. Sometimes we take a long look; sometimes, it doesn’t take that long. But it’s there.
In this section, called “The Emperor’s New Clothes,” we join with those who cry out/whisper/proclaim – “That’s not the way it’s supposed to be.” When we see things with new eyes, and act, we have a chance.
In The Emperor’s New Clothes section, we take a peek at the stuff nobody wants to talk about…you know, the stuff that matters most & gets talked about most & acted on the least. As you know from the Ten Most Important Things (and, most reliably, your own good sense), there are too many human…