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Life on the Bayou

“Did you see a black dog?” I asked. Since there are notices all over the park about keeping your dog on a leash, I added hastily, “He’s…

7 min readFeb 20, 2022

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Adongo the Shaman

I haven’t worked in Africa for nearly 20 years, but I miss the place and the people every day. Most of my work was in Ghana and The Gambia…

7 min readAug 28, 2023

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Adongo the Shaman

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State of the Union — the report from Darkest Alabama

Perusing the mid-term elections results in Alabama is always disconcerting, but this year any semblance to a working democracy was…

7 min readNov 20, 2022

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State of the Union — the report from Darkest Alabama

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1936: Why My Father Was a Hobo

The train rumbled through the Alabama pine woods, the boxcar my father was in rocking slowly from side to side gently, rolling him to sleep…

4 min readOct 24, 2022

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Canadian Beachwear Faux Pas: Fashion Crimes You Need to Avoid

There’s a chill in the air, and that means millions of Canadians are leafing through CAA “Sunny Destinations” brochures and checking out…

4 min readSep 16, 2022

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Blinded by Leonard Cohen’s Guitar

Last night my wife and I saw the brilliant documentary Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, a Journey, a Song. A marvelous reminder of Cohen’s…

5 min readAug 15, 2022

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Low Tax Past No Utopia

The other day I received one of those ubiquitous forwarded emails that some acquaintance thinks I will find a) funny, or b) illuminating…

3 min readJul 27, 2022

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Low Tax Past No Utopia

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Hey, Dude. Gimme back my flag!

When I lived in the States back in the 60’s, those of us in the anti-Vietnam War movement played capture the flag with pro-war hawks. They…

3 min readMay 7, 2022

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Hey, Dude. Gimme back my flag!

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My Dog Might Have Been a Republican!

Farley the Wonder Dog was my best friend and a wonderful companion. From British Columbia to the Alabama Gulf Coast to the Niagara…

2 min readApr 16, 2022

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Schooling for Inequality: Education as the New Religion

A recent article by Henry Giroux, “The War against Teachers as Public Intellectuals in Dark Times” lays out the case for a concerted…

6 min readApr 15, 2022

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Schooling for Inequality: Education as the New Religion

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Don Sawyer

Don Sawyer

I am an educator and author. I have worked in West Africa and the Caribbean and my op-eds have appeared in most Canadian dailies. See northerned.com.

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