Category Leadership

Dinner With “The Donald”

The man sends me emails pretty much every day. I usually don’t bother to read them. But this one was different. I’d love to meet you for dinner, Friend. You and a friend could win a trip to have dinner with me at one of our fundraisers as honorary guests. All I’m asking is that […]

The Bumper Sticker

I was driving, so I couldn’t just whip out a camera and take a picture, no matter how much I wanted to. But driving through New Hampshire, or maybe it was Vermont, I saw Hillary Clinton’s worst nightmare. Clinton should win the American presidential election by a landslide. That’s not only conventional political wisdom, it’s […]

Rigging The Vote

I’d say he’s gone too far this time, but of course he hasn’t. For Donald Trump there is no such thing as “too far.” I really had planned on giving US politics a rest in this space for a couple of weeks, but some things can’t go unchallenged, and one of those things is Trump’s […]

Up or Down – Your Choice

I don’t have a say in the matter and don’t want to take sides (or at least not yet), but this was too clever not to bring you your attention.

Russian Influence

I laughed when the suggestion was first made that the Russian government was behind the computer hack that revealed Democratic Party emails showing that the party brass, instead of being neutral in the campaign, favoured the candidacy of Hillary Clinton over Bernie Sanders. I couldn’t take the allegation seriously that the Russians, acting on the […]

Conventions

The American Democratic Party is meeting in Philadelphia this week to nominate Hillary Clinton as their presidential candidate. Last week the Republicans met in Cleveland and nominated Donald Trump. The real election campaign can now begin. I didn’t watch any of the televised coverage of the Republican convention. I can’t think why I would watch […]

Is He Gone Yet?

He was supposed to leave last night. If he’s gone I can have my city back. US President Barack Obama was here yesterday. It wasn’t his first visit, but it will probably be his last, for which I for one am thankful. I dislike Presidential visits no matter who occupies the Oval Office because, for […]

Brexit

Tomorrow Britons will finally answer the question posed by The Clash in 1981, just a few years after the U.K. joined the European Union: Should I stay or should I go? I’m sure I will not be the only one with that song running through my head as the referendum ballots are counted.. The latest […]

Trump Versus Clinton

A friend sent me a link to a Donald Trump video he wanted me to share with you. He said it was going viral. It wasn’t, at least not when I looked at it on YouTube. Unless the definition of viral has changed. And, quite frankly, the video was boring. Maybe another time I’ll come […]

Assisted Dying II

The Canadian Parliament has started debating legislation legalizing what they are calling “Doctor Assisted Dying” – which to me is a euphemism for euthanasia. I have touched on the subject before, the first time a year ago, and it is safe to say I am not enthused about the prospect. Neither are many Parliamentarians. The […]