⭐ A Message from the Porch: What Nobody Wants to Say Out Loud

A clear-eyed Canadian look at sovereignty, geopolitics, and the bullshit polite people whisper about — until it’s too late.

I didn’t plan to spend the back half of my seventies writing about geopolitics, sovereignty, and the slow-motion meltdown unfolding on our southern border.

But here we are.

I’ve lived long enough to watch history loop back on itself more times than I care to count.
And right now, Canada is standing in the same kind of fog our grandparents knew:
the ground shifting under our feet while everyone pretends the floorboards are steady.

The truth is simple:

We’re stuck beside a superpower losing its grip — and pretending everything is fine won’t save us.

For most of my life, the United States was loud, chaotic, and occasionally embarrassing… but reliable.
You could disagree with them, but you could trust the institutions beneath the noise.

That’s not what we’re looking at anymore.

And as the global order wobbles — Russia pushing from the north, Europe re-arming, alliances reshuffling — Canada is being forced to answer questions we haven’t had to face in generations:

Who protects us when the neighbour who always did… can’t even protect itself?
What does sovereignty mean in a world where borders are ideas until someone decides they aren’t?
And how long can Canadians survive on politeness while the rest of the world sharpens its edges?

That’s why I write.

Not as a pundit.
Not as a partisan.
As a 73-year-old Canadian who’s watched enough history to smell trouble before the headlines catch up.

If you’re here for polite small talk, you’re on the wrong porch.
But if you want straight talk — no spin, no team jerseys, no bullshit — pull up a chair.

This is The GeezerWise Sentinel.
And I’ll keep watch while the rest of the country sleeps with the lights on.

Subscribe if you want to stay ahead of the noise.
We’re going to need clear thinking for the road ahead.