October 7 Never Ends

A Lethal Blow to the Soul of a Nation

A short personal note:

Since the morning of Saturday, August 31, I have written several pieces which were outdated within hours. Some within minutes.

Shortly after noon, I sat dockside at a cottage north of Toronto. I had just finished a long, hard, open-water swim. It was my birthday. And it was a perfect, glorious, sunny warm day.

I watched the livestrea…