Category: The News behind the news

THE CULT OF INTEREST by KEN ROULEAU »

Interest on loans is like death, taxes, and the sun rising in the west: a god-given truth. When money is borrowed it comes at a cost: buy a house through a bank, pay for 3 houses because of interest on the principle.
Ask anyone, interest came with Creation and ends with Armageddon  But, is this true?
For [...]

WAR OF NOTIONS BY KEN ROULEAU »

I am ever amazed to the point of disgust, when I hear the distortion of religions manifest amidst a war of nations. Picture 3 brothers who have equally misheard and misrepresented their Father’s wisdom, harming each other to prove their righteousness. This is Judaism, Christianity and Islam.
It’s not so much the [...]

FLYING OBJECTS by Ken Rouleau »

Since I’m already on the edge, I might as well go out on a limb. Raise your hand if you’ve ever seen something flying in the day or night sky that you couldn’t identify.
Don’t be scared to say, you’re in the privacy of your home- no one will ridicule you for being honest. Most people [...]

ETHICONOMICS WITH KEN ROULEAU »

Imagine a moral economics. Sound impossible in this age of casino stock markets and exploitive banking practices, vulture investment capitalism, runaway interest debts and financial coup d’etats? Yes, from today’s viewpoint, it sounds impossible.
Seems like a long time ago, but when I was growing up, society had many meanings and [...]

SPIRIT by Ken Rouleau » »

“May you live in interesting times.”- Ancient Chinese curse
Welcome to 2012! A year many of us have been anticipating and waiting for. From the angst of “end days” to the “dawn of a new age” and consciousness, this year has a spirit and Zeitgeist of interesting times- curse or blessing, [...]

THE GOLDEN RULE by Ken Rouleau »

Sadly, this is my last article for the Fishbowl. It’s been an honour writing for such a funky local magazine. Genevieve, Stephanie and the gang have done a brilliant job.
For my part, it seems my time on this Earth is short, but no less wonderful for that reason. For the last [...]