Yesterday I saw a sparrow playing in the Plus 15 connecting The Bay with the rest of the Rideau Centre he was flying between perches on two indoor trees unconcerned about his own predicament and unmolested by passers by who were pleased to see a bird doing his thing in the breezeway normally occupied only with cell phone chargers the lockers and the key holders and the usual rush to get to the bus or on to the next shop while the money is still burning a hole in pockets no longer used to carrying change or Kleenexes and tell me what is the price of two sparrows Matthew 10:29 one copper coin but not a single sparrow can fall to the ground without his Father knowing I wonder whether the sparrow knew his predicament or was concerned at all to find a way out but I was reminded of Bede who said that we are all like birds who have flown into dark rooms without windows oh king, it seems to me ...

Everyone of a certain generation knows the Life cereal television commercial, in which Mikey, who hates everything, seems to relish Life cereal, so that must mean it's good. I wonder whether the Mikey Likes It commercial was an early form of the Debbie Proof ?  And what is the Debbie Proof , you ask?  A retired professor friend of mine recently remarked upon a curious feature of articles by journalist and amateur sociologist James Fallows, published in the The Atlantic's Politics & Policies Daily, which the magazine describes as "a roundup of ideas and events in American politics." The Fallows on how America is already becoming great again Fallows is in  the habit of invoking the name of his wife Deb when punctuating his own political opinions.  Just as with Mikey in the Life cereal commercial, if Deb agrees or nods approvingly or is in any sympathetic or supportive, Fallows must be right! In the case of Fallows' recent contribution to The A...