Category Society
Today’s History Lesson
In elementary school and high school, my favorite subject was History. So it should come as no surprise that when I am on vacation I am on the lookout for things I learned about in school as well as new things. In this post from 2014 I saw firsthand something that I had learned about […]
Old Thoughts On AI
I have refrained for the most part from writing about the recent explosion in Artificial Intelligence, or AI. The technological advances are too swift, and I think a book-length dissertation would be more helpful. Or i could just ask a chatbot to write it for me. Looking at items to re-post as I take a […]
All About The Cloth
When I travel I try to balance what I see. There are must-see sites like the pyramids, but you can learn as much about history in places that are not on the beaten track. Today though, one of those”must see” places that I wrote about in 2014. When it all boils down to it, it’s […]
On the Beach Again
I need a break. Don’t we all? So for the next two weeks I’m going to fill this space with some summer-themed reruns. Unless something current just jumps out at me and begs for my thoughts. Today we return to July 29, 2015. I’d love to be walking on the beach right now…. I walked […]
The Unasked Questions
I wrote this a couple of years ago, and for some reason it never got posted. It is still relevant, so today seemed like a good time to share it. Canada introduced a new budget a week ago, first one in two years. Needless to say there have been some changes. A massive deficit unlike […]
Building A Cabinet
Media reports say that Justin Trudeau will shuffle his cabinet today. Some under-performing ministers will be demoted and others removed completely. He is reluctant to make these changes of course, because the necessity for them makes him look bad. In November 2015, just before Trudeau appointed his first cabinet, I offered these thoughts. They are […]
Food For Thought
Even though they upped it to 280, the principle holds.
If A Tree Falls…
Canada’s federal public servants were shifted to a new extended health plan on July first. You probably don’t care, but bear with me on this one. The transition has not been smooth. These may be expected hiccups of moving hundreds of thousands of people to a new plan, or it may be a disaster in […]
Broken Again
Almost four years after its launch, Ottawa residents have become used to the unreliability of the city’s light rapid transit system, the LRT. As I write this, there is no timeline for the train to return to service. Proponents of the train may feel I am overly harsh with my criticism. When the system works, […]
Does The Face Matter?
The Bank of Canada has announced that the portrait of Sir Wilfred Laurier will remain on the Canadian five dollar bill. You probably didn’t realize he was on it. The decision comes as a surprise in a way. The government had announced their intention to remove Sir Wilfred and had circulated a list of eight […]
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