About 5 years ago in June, on a Saturday morning I was driving down Yonge street. At Yonge and Bloor and for some of my readers who live outside Toronto, that is a business intersection, but it was Saturday morning and all was quiet. There must have been a problem with the subway system as there were Continue Reading
There is no perfect political system for a very simple reason. There are no perfect human beings and the best, most carefully planned system can be corrupted by individuals for selfish purposes. In a democracy there is also another factor in play for electing leaders. The smartest and best leaders are not necessarily elected, as Continue Reading
The NEW YORK TIMES (NYT) is recognized as one of the most quoted English newspaper in the world. The modern Times was started when Adolph Ochs, an immigrant’s son of Jewish heritage became publisher in 1896. Ochs became a prominent figure in New York Society but inwardly he felt his Jewishness left him as an Continue Reading
There is a reason why I chose this topic for my next blog, but I will get to that later. There are two ways to look at the popularity of sports, by the numbers played, and by the number of people watching it on T.V. or the internet. The biggest sport in the world is Association Football Continue Reading
Last week (the third week in March) of 2016, I heard on the C.B.C. Peter Mansbridge interviewing David Suzuki. As we all know Peter is a very prominent interviewer on the Canadian network and has his own show “One On One” where he interviews prominent people. David is a renowned environmental scientist who for many years Continue Reading
There is a major problem in our food distribution system. Food that does not look good, or is even a few days past the date that it should be sold, as set by the grocer ,is thrown out and finds its way into the dumps throughout the city. 40 % of the food each year goes Continue Reading