I don’t really remember her. Well, okay, I do. I know the name, I remember the voice, but how much of that is a true memory and how much has been added over the years? My mother was telling me about the first woman to steal my heart (other than her I assume). I was […]
Sometimes I can be taken by surprise. Just when you think there is nothing new under the sun, there is. Or new to me anyway. Ontario’s public school teachers have proven it actually is possible to have your cake and eat it too. They are currently holding a job action, have been for months, withdrawing […]
When I saw the book displayed at the library I knew I had to read it, even though I had never heard of it or its author, despite it supposedly being a bestseller. The Fifth Gospel, by Ian Caldwell, was in the “Express Collection,” the books the Ottawa Public Library considers its most popular. It’s […]
I am a ghost. That seems like a reasonable admission to make on this Halloween. Not the spectral type of ghost, though I remain invisible most of the time, but a flesh and blood ghost writer. My words, someone else’s name on the publication, someone else giving the speech. The acclamation of cold hard cash. […]
The saga of my wife’s lost backpack from her summer vacation continues, as we now attempt to get compensation from Air Transat, compensation that they are legally required to give under the “Montreal Convention” that covers air travel and lost luggage. What should be a simple process isn’t. She filed her claim on return from […]
It is a discussion that needs to be had, though it is unfortunate that it became an election issue. Political points were being scored over something that is far more fundamental than party politics. The niqab has been much discussed in Canada recently, with the government and the courts taking opposite positions. Strangely, they are […]
Back in the 1970s I was convinced it was only a matter of a few years before Canada would make marijuana a legal substance. My thought was that governments wouldn’t be able to resist the tax revenue that could come from making it like alcohol. Why should organized crime get all the income? What was […]
In my time in radio I was used to playing listener requests. If someone wanted to hear a song I would do my best to play it, as long as it fit the format of the show. Requests for Led Zeppelin fell on deaf ears when I was doing a classical music show. And yes, […]
They’ve been around for 30 years, but today I have to use one for the first time. Canada Post is ending home delivery to my neighbourhood and I will have to pick up my mail at a community mailbox. It’s a financial decision to keep the postal service in the black. I think it is […]
I am a political junkie. I think I showed great restraint in the amount of posts I devoted to politics during the Canadian federal election. If you don’t care for politics, especially Canadian politics, you may not agree. In the election aftermath there are a few themes I want to address that seemed better dealt […]
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