Convenient communication trumps privacy. Who would have thought? It was not too long ago that privacy was a hot topic with the public and the government. Getting information from the government, or a private corporation about an individual is nearly impossible. Take Ontario Hydro for instance. I wanted to know whether my tenant, in my Continue Reading
“Entitlements” is a word North Americans will see a lot of in the future. Nicholas Eberstadt who is an economist and a demographer with the American Enterprise Institue, wrote a booklet entitled “A Nation of Takers:America’s Entitlement Epidemic”. In 2010 U.S. governments at all levels transferred more than 2.2 trillion in money, goods and services Continue Reading
I find the world facinating because it is nearly impossible to predict the final results of the actions of people, religious institutions, countries and multi-national corporations. Doing good can bring unforeseen problems. There is an epidemic of disease in the third world, and surprisingly it is not a problem of infectious diseases. The western world Continue Reading
1. Very often when I am watching T.V. there is an advertisement to send money to help an orphan. Inevitably the child is black. What is the reason for the inability of black nations to to look after these children. 2. As long as I have been aware of aboriginal people (incorrectly called Indians), they Continue Reading
The institution of marriage is constantly changing and has been radically affected by the enhanced freedom of women throughout the western world.The complete dominance of men ,originating in their physical strength, has been modified to some extent, whereas in the past the wife was completely subsurvient, today there is greater equality between the sexes. Divorce Continue Reading
Having a summer job was not an option for me, it was a necessity as I paid most of the University fees myself. The most unusual job and the one that remains vivid in my mind happened in the summer of 1952, my second year in Pharmacy at the U.of T. Getting a job as Continue Reading