Tag Archives: World Affairs

Prediction Time

I think Donald Trump will win the US presidential election. I’m going with my gut on this one. In theory no Republican should ever be elected to the top job in the USA – the Democrats have a considerable numerical advantage. But the Republicans have learned how to leverage their numbers and make sure their […]

Stoning Revisited

As we count down the 10 most popular posts here in 2019, the one in the eighth slot was  one of only two actually from the year.   The outrage seems a little contrived to me. Or maybe it was a slow news day The headline said Brunei, a small southeast Asian nation, was implementing the […]

Politically Incorrect

The words jumped out from the printed page in the display case at the Juno Beach Centre, the Canadian D-Day Museum in Courseilles sur mer, France. Canadian Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King, speaking to the Canadian Parliament, asking for a declaration of war against Nazi Germany. In 1914 Canada did not issue a declaration […]