Andrew Cuomo – If You Boycott Israel, New York Will Boycott You
A blunt and chilling warning from New York governor, Andrew Cuomo.Those who exercise their conscience to boycott Israel will pay a price, if New York has any say in the…
The Mound of Sound
Europe’s Worrisome Best Seller
In today's troubled Europe where some nations are proudly proclaiming the triumph of illiberal democracy denounced by others as fascism, the renewed public appetite for Hitler's Mein Kampf has many…
Words Best Left Unspoken
Ever notice how a word or phrase can abruptly disappear from our language almost without anyone noticing much less wondering why?I wonder whatever happened to "tipping points"? Where did that…
You Might Want to See This
Jimmy Fallon and Barack Obama slow jam the news. Warning: includes a shameless plug for the TPP
I’ll Take World Trade for $200, Mr. Trebeck
I had it all wrong. In today's Toronto Star, Justin Trudeau explains the Saudi Death Wagon deal and middle class Chinese consumers to Paul Wells.No comment from me. Read it…
Gordie’s Gone
If there is a Canadian who owns the name "Gordie" it was Gordie Howe. Gone at 88.The native of Floral, Sask., played an unparalleled 33 professional seasons, breaking into the…
If It Sounds Too Good to Be True… Returning CO2 to the Stone Age
It's a fairly exciting breakthrough, if it's the real thing. In an Icelandic volcanic rock field, compressed CO2 was pumped underground. Just two years later the researchers found that CO2…
Trudeau’s No-Win Dilemma
What to do, what to do? Trudeau's flawed (to the extent that being unconstitutional renders a proposed law flawed) assisted dying bill could become a millstone round the new prime…
What Part of Parliamentary Government Does Rona Not Get
Tory interim leader, Rona (as in "Donna") Ambrose is aghast that the Senate is refusing to rubber stamp the government's assisted dying bill. That the senators should have the audacity…
Such a Big World, So Little Peace
When it comes to global peace, Canada ranks 8th out of 163 nations, according to the 2016 Global Peace Index. You can follow the link to an interactive map to…
America’s "Lose-Lose" Election
American intellectual, Henry Giroux, doesn't know who will win the White House in November. He knows who is going to lose - America....we are living through an ongoing crisis of…
Wait Just a Second
What's that? All those new NATO partners in eastern Europe don't want to defend eastern Europe?The United States is asking Canada to join with it and the Germans and Brits…
It’s Not Just KPMG That’s Looking Bad
With the revelations emerging about the accounting giant, KPMG, and the sketchy - no, worse than sketchy - Isle of Man tax dodge deal, the Canadian Revenue Agency may not…
Scud Stud Drops One in PostMedia’s Lap
Two hundred large, plus costs, - that's the tariff a Calgary court has awarded Arthur Kent in damages for defamation against PostMedia and scribe, Don Martin.“While the article did not…
Some Would Say It’s "A Start."
A giant sinkhole in Ottawa - at the junction of Rideau Street and Sussex Drive, no less.
Most Terminal Conditions are Progressive. That Matters – a Lot.
When it comes to terminal disease there are two groups, the living and the dying. There are those who have received a terminal diagnosis and those who have not. Life…
What Did Abraham Lincoln Do to Deserve This?
Abraham Lincoln fought the slave state South in defence of the Union and, along the way, he abolished slavery. The "Party of Lincoln" however came to an end when Richard…
Can You See Him Actually Doing It?
According to Donald Trump, every nation in the world has been pillaging the United States and he's going to put an end to it. President Trump would not only stop…
The Quality of Quantity
It's claimed that Soviet dictator, Joseph Stalin, quipped that, in matters military, quantity is a quality unto itself. Then again you don't have to be a Communist mass-murderer to know…