Okay…I will save my thoughts on the election for a while. There have been some great articles in the G+M & the National Post recently that have addressed all the issues I would talk about, and they have adopted positions that I have either been espousing or would outright support. So there may not be […]

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Dreamers on the rise…The Last Campaign! There is a song (in fact, it’s the title) on the album The Last Campaign by John Stewart that weirdly enough has struck a chord with me. It refers to Bobby Kennedy’s ill-fated run for the USA Presidency in 1968. I was very active politically in those days and […]

oh oh!! here’s an interesting ethical dilemma… Last night went to an all-candidates forum to learn just what the candidates might have to say. Generally it was disappointing, because there was no back-and-forth between/among the various candidates, just each one answering a series of mundane and oft-time unfortunately ill-conceived questions from a somewhat disinterested moderator. […]

It is over – on a bright, sunny 5***** day. Perhaps though the real joy was to be seen on the faces of the 86 & 87 year olds when they finished, for the first time this year, with fifteen [15] runs. This truly was something to behold… Afterwards the lunch on the deck of […]

ok…Let’s Keep the Focus Folks! I was upbraided the other day for my rather caustic attitude towards politicians who won’t declare their assets. The argument was very cogently put that such an attitude is exactly why many very good people do not stand for public office. It was further pointed out to me that even […]