The Epistle of Q — Chapter Seventy-Seven

Sometimes “letters to the editor” do not give enough space for a thoughtful conversation. So I’m going to tell you and if it rings true enough, you can take what you want and send it to your paper. Where has rationality gone in this province of ours, let alone our country? We seem to be […]

The Epistle of Q — Chapter Seventy-Six

Have I got an idea for the churches who need to turn their real estate into longer-term survival plans? Let me try to explain… Things are happening in Penticton these days in part because there is an election coming. There will be people wondering who they can get to run for office so that the […]

The Epistle of Q — Chapter Seventy-Five

Okay, help me here, when are we really going to understand how this country has any money at all to invest in infrastructure, in training, in getting back to balanced budgets? I am getting more puzzled every day. Is it just me, or are leaders here in BC really inconsistent? A couple of fays ago, […]

The Epistle of Q — Chapter Seventy-Three

Have the animal rights people gone too far? I went to see Peter and the Wolf the other evening at the Okanagan Symphony as part of their family program. I was rather excited to ponder the story I first learned from a record my parents got me as part of my Record club when I […]

Notes to Politicians (Part B)

Another colleague has been rather persistent in calling me out for not being an avid “global warmist” — well, to be fair, the criticism has been shifting more onto my skepticism towards much of the scientific community’s ranting about “climate change”. So, since I’m on this pulpit about politicians and their complete irrationality at times, […]

Notes to Politicians (Part A)

I was asked recently why I have been dwelling on my life more than my opinions. Good question, except I have been writing an Epistle and letters tend to be less opinionated. However, lest you think I can no longer think, I thought I would provide you with some thoughts that have been percolating later […]

The Epistle of Q — Chapter Sixty-Eight (Part C-1)

And what about the conference itself? How did it all unfold under the leadership of the new host institution — Depauw University? The conference, the 27th Annual International Conference of the Association for Practical and Professional Ethics to be exact, was very well organized in large part because APPE has a good professional staff (which […]

The Epistle of Q — Chapter Sixty-Eight (Part A)

Why am I suddenly off the ski hill and in Chicago? Good questions always deserve good answers. So I shall try to answer these in thoughtful and informative ways. This will be an epistle with a number of parts to it. I will try to restrict myself to a single theme within each part. This […]