Author Archives: Lorne Anderson
Misleading Language
Rather than calling it “improved,” it is a wonder that whoever the people are who run Yahoo! didn’t borrow from George Orwell’s 1984 and say it was “doubleplusgood.” Yahoo! has “improved” its email service that has been used by millions for decades. The email service, like so many others, is free. Always has been. You […]
You Don’t Suppose…
I haven’t had a Nigerian scam email for years now. Either people are being more careful online or scammers are getting more sophisticated. Which do you think it is?
Shooting The Messenger
My first impulse was to laugh. I can do that because I am not an American. If I was I would cry. The national job report came out Friday in the USA. The numbers weren’t good. Turns out job growth in America was significantly weaker in May and June than had been previously reported. To […]
Nobody Cares About Tariffs
August 1 was tariff day, the day Donald Trump was to announce what financial penalties he was going to levy on Canada for selling Americans the oil, gas and electricity they need. Earlier in 2025 people waited for those announcements, wondering how Trump’s tariff wars would impact them personally and Canada as a nation. No-one […]
Montreal’s MAGA Mayor
The official statement read: “Freedom of expression is one of our fundamental values, but hateful and discriminatory speech is not accepted in Montreal and, as in other Canadian cities, the show will not be tolerated..” This was Mayor Valerie Plante’s position on a worship concert by Christian singer Sean Feucht as she canceled the permit […]
Mixing Politics and Religion
If you needed an example of why politics and religion don’t mix, this past week is a prime example. It started with Parks Canada pulling the permit for a concert for an American Christian worship leader aligned with Donald Trump’s MAGA movement, and snowballed into multiple permit revocations in different Canadian cities. I should point […]
The Gaza Question
First it was the French, then the British. Unless Israel agrees to a ceasefire in Gaza, they will recognize Palestinian statehood. Leaving aside the issue of the legalities of recognizing a territory with no government, this pretty much precludes an end to hostilities. Why would the Palestinians agree to end to their fighting now that […]
Canceling Colbert
It’s all about the money according to CBS. It just looks like censorship. Or craven pandering to the president. Which I can’t quite buy. If CBS wanted to curry favor with Donald Trump they would have taken Stephen Colbert off the air immediately and not announced that his show would end in 2026. Still, is […]
Technological Changes
I remember those days. Sometimes back then there was actually something on television worth watching. Admittedly not very often.
Figuring It Out
I think I know the answers. There’s a certain logic when you think of it. I don’t think that helps me understand women though. Or men for that matter.
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