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I learned bits and pieces throughout K-12. The most I learned was in a full college course cryptically entitled "Canadian Government." It was one of my favourites. It was taught by this sixtysomething, ex-hippie, raging Liberal. A very funny guy who made the material interesting.
One of my favourite "take aways": A prime minister with a majority government wields more power over their country than any American president does over theirs. Yet, if they make a false step, it's all over. How's that for politics?
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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön
Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot
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