As a liberal free-thinking person my interests in Canada, as it applies to religion, was to confirm that our government allowed the free practice of all religions and did not favour one religion over another. I believe this state of affairs exists now in our country .I worry however about Islam and the 57 countries Continue Reading
Celibacy and Deviant Sexual Behaviour are not really life-styles characteristic of most men and women in the general population. However in the Catholic Church it is expected of priests and nuns to be celibate and a question has arisen, does the need to be celibate create actions of child sexual abuse or deviant sexual behaviour Continue Reading
A Contradiction in terms? When I started public school in 1936 at the beginning of class we sang the national anthem “God Save The King” and recited the “Lord’s Prayer”. Canada was a secular nation, but for all practical purposes a Christian secular nation. Nobody minded! Jewish families with very few exceptions accepted the status Continue Reading
I may be angry at God or at the world, and I am sure a lot of my comedy is based on anger and hostility…It comes from a feeling that as a Jew and as a person, I don’t fit into the mainstream of American society. (Mel Brooks and I disagree on this point. I Continue Reading
Listening to the 6 o’clock news on C.B.C. the other day I was piqued at the statements coming from the mouth of an executive of the Sierra Club of Canada. He knows, in that all knowing tone, that the vast majority of Canadians are in favour of cleaning up the environment, and saving our planet Continue Reading
Principles are often overlooked in striving for success. It never ceases to amaze me how the need to be successful is more important than the need to be ethical, even if your actions directly contradict the ethics of your cause. This is true whether you are describing an individual, a corporation, a religion or a Continue Reading