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How To Vaccinate
When are you getting the COVID-19 vaccine? Have you been told? Does it seem like it is taking too long? I am way down the list. It will be summer when I get the shot. Doesn’t seem to make any difference whether I get it in Canada or Germany, I’m not a high priority. I’m […]
The Curfew Ends – For Now
I can go out tonight if I like, though I don’t why I would want to. There’s nothing to do here. A court has overridden the 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. curfew imposed by the state of Baden-Wurttembeg that has been in place for a couple of months. Apparently someone saw reason. Scientifically there is, […]
Government Spending
I wrestled with several topics for today’s post. I have a number of topical ones that are not quite ready – and I was feeling lethargic Tuesday, so they still aren’t ready. Looking online, I didn’t see anything funny enough to share here, at least not today. Instead a look back, a repeat of a […]
Wanna Buy A Car?
Those who aren’t sports fans watch the Super Bowl for the commercials. It is the most watched television event of the year, with advertisers paying millions of dollars for a short spot and putting their most creative advertising minds to work on the product. As a Canadian, I rarely watch the game – and if […]
Super Bowl LV
Forget the Roman numerals. There’s a big game tonight, but I probably won’t be watching. The championship game of American professional football starts well after midnight, my time. Which is a bit late to stay up for a spot I don’t usually follow, even if this year I have been keeping track, more or less. […]
Problem With Progress
There is an idea underlying much social discourse in our society. Progress is a good thing. Defining progress is tricky though. All too often it seems to be a synonym for “new” and new is assumed to be better. Which isn’t always the case. I could discuss social engineering and progress here, but instead today […]
Wagging The Dog
I see in the news that two workers for Canada Post have been suspended for not delivering the mail. They said they disagreed with the journalism found in The Epoch Times and therefore should not have to deliver it. It is easy to sympathize with them. Why should anyone be required to perform work they […]
Following The Rules
One of the reasons Germany has been more successful than some of its neighbors in battling COVID-19 is that Germans are very good at following rules. Even when they defy common sense. There are strict rules in place about how many people can gather together. For example, only one person can visit a household, and […]
What If It Doesn’t End?
It doesn’t matter what country they are from or what their political philosophy is. COVID-19 is their worst nightmare. But not in the way you might think. Very few politicians worldwide have dealt with the pandemic with any degree of competence. At least that is the way it looks from my vantage point, and I […]
Along The Path
I’ve read about a time when parts of Canada were religiously divided, Protestant and Catholic, with not much interaction between them. Religion, especially in rural areas, played a big part in people’s daily lives. There were traces of that when I lived in the Ottawa Valley in the late 1980s. I remember being told that […]
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