Monthly Archives: December 2021
Warning Label
What disturbs me most is thnking that there must have been a reason for this label.
The Rule of Law
Back in my teens there was a television show that ran for several seasons that made fun of the law. Given the times in which we live, I’m surprised someone hasn’t revived it. Then again, it would probably be shut down by either the government or proponents of cancel culture. The governmnet doesn’t like people […]
Rethinking COVID
As we prepare to celebrate our second COVID Christmas, maybe it is time to stop kidding ourselves and accept the new reality. This isn’t going away anytime soon. Instead of trying to beat COVID-19, perhaps it is time we learned to live with it. There are precedents after all. In Canada about three thousand people […]
Grey Cup Reflections
Today, a couple of weeks later than usual thanks to COVID-19, is the 108th Grey Cup game. Even though my Ottawa RedBlacks aren’t playing, it will be a very emotional time for me. Today we remember my friend Steve. Steve was a huge sports fan. He and I went to many a CFL game together […]
Now There Is One
News came in yesterday of the death of Mike Nesmith, guitarist for The Monkees, which leaves Micky Dolenz as the last survivinag member of the group. Mike wasn’t with them when I saw them in 2016, (bassist Peter Tork, who died in 2019 was) but I thought I would revisit that post anyway. What do […]
A Season To Forget
I started writing this post in August, finished it a couple of times but never got around to publishing it. Today though, as I will attend my last live football game of the season, I figure I should share it. The Canadian professional football season is almost over. Today the conference finals, next Sunday the Grey […]
Thoughts for Saturday
One of the first things I do each Saturday morning is check my email for the weekly opinion piece by Ray Pennings, who is Executive Vice President of the think tank Cardus. Ray always makes me think, sometimes challenging my beliefs. other times expressing my thoughts much more elequently what I have been thinking. Ray’s […]
You Never Know…
Sometimes you are struck by just how small the world can be. I’ve had this photo sitting on my desk for about three months now. I found it when I was going through a box of old paperwork. None of the people in the photo looked familiar. Except me of course. I’m the one with […]
Right Thinking Triumphs
Groupthink is a psychological phenomenon that occurs within a group of people in which the desire for harmony or conformity in the group results in an irrational or dysfunctional decision-making outcome. Cohesiveness, or the desire for cohesiveness, in a group may produce a tendency among its members to agree at all costs. This causes the […]
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