There is, it seems, an unbridgeable chasm between the concerns of a Sri Aurobindo and a Pat Robertson.

Charisma is a sign of the calling. Saints and pilgrims are defiantly moved by it.

May the ability to see many points view keep us gentle.

The myth of Canada, its hidden story, is of a contemplative country, a place of inwardness, where people can question the idea of nationhood and ponder what values we wish to see expressed and achieved, and what solitudes of identity and reverie we wish to preserve.

Here I find a puzzle of great beauty: Canada works well in practice, but just doesn't work out in theory.

A just society will appear less spectacular, and less clearly defined, than a society with totalitarian leadership, theocratic goals.

If you make things sound inoffensively obvious, then it is likely that no one will listen.