There is, often, a great solitude in writing this blog. And it’s pleasant and comforting; troubling and perplexing. Let me explain:  Troubling and perplexing in the way the internet has replaced the mainstream, drive-by press. It troubles me that they don’t see anything much more than the ‘Dead Baby Story’ or three solid weeks on [...]

For the vast majority of my life, I have never been consumed by the experience of meeting politicians.  Most do and I did, but when as a twelve-year-old, and I started out banging in lawn signs like a good apprentice.  Let’s face it, it can be enthralling to meet someone whose mug graces the six [...]

I am usually suspect of almost any retrospectives on Vincent van Gogh’s life.  There is always such a peculiar effort to make any new perspective the definitive explanation of the soft and hard brush strokes and incredibly vibrant colours to the infamous missing ear (or parts of it). But because I have forever been mesmerized [...]

The holidays, far from being uneventful, have provided us with some truly dreadful stories. In what continues to be a whole string of “security” fiascos; on the heels of the uninvited interlopers crashing a state dinner at the White House, to Silvio Berlusconi being attacked with the a statue, to the Pope being knocked over [...]

Merry Christmas and happy holidays to all my loyal readers and your families and friends.  I’m privileged to enjoy your trust and confidence.  I’ll be back on the 27th with new topics and the hardest-hitting, most honest perspectives on the net! God bless you one and all.  Have a safe break.

So, over the course of the last month, I have noticed a preponderance and entertaining seep of personal questions from many of you, so I thought I would answer some of them here, to show you that my critics are wrong:  I am, quite frankly, an open-book–I have no agendas and represent no one except [...]

As Christmas approaches, I have taken time to pause for thought on many issues.  At this time of year, I also try to take an accounting of my life and strive to do better.  No one is perfect, I know this, but we can all do with a tune-up here and a tightening there.  Well, [...]

I’m winding down a little… After the first almost two months of being in the blogosphere, I have to state that I am overwhelmed by the kindness of so many of you and your appreciation for my thoughts.  The tens of thousands of visitors says it all. A heartfelt thanks to everyone, including the naysayers [...]

Answer:  Nothing, frankly.  Except that on Friday Keith Baldrey gave us the kind of spin Gordon Campbell would be proud of and on Saturday Elizabeth May further shamed this country and her party by, once more, exhibiting a bad case of ‘Nazi Fixation Syndrome’. Firstly, let’s have at Keith Baldrey a tad… On Friday morning, [...]

You are, of course, familiar with the phrase ‘Suicide-by-cop’ where a deranged person, while  wielding a deadly weapon (putting innocents in immediate, usually grave danger), taunts police on the scene, to shoot.  The six o’clock news is filled to the brim with stories like this. The one they have never covered, though, is the one [...]