I cannot emphasize how much power and the employment of this power makes China the domineering and overbearing country it is to-day. I remember as a teen-ager feeling so much sympathy for the Chinese people when attacked by the much smaller country as Japan was at that time. But not only with military strength. If Continue Reading
In an article written on December 9, 2008 under the heading “No borders exist for Racism, Sexism and Religious Intolerance” I described the human condition as encompassing the need for power, self-interest, hypocrisy and deceit. The recent incident involving the untimely death of Robert Dziekanski after being tasered by four R.C.M.P. officers in the Vancouver Continue Reading
NO BORDERS EXIST FOR RACISM, SEXISM AND RELGIOUS INTOLERANCE In 1992 Columbus Centre, an Italian social and athletic club in Toronto honoured Christopher Columbus the Italian explorer who was the first European to reach and explore North America in 1492, the 500 year anniversary. Whether in fact he was the first is not relevant, as 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
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
Our world is a complicated place. A price has to be paid for mistakes made in the past, but not seen as mistakes at the time. Since the beginning of recorded history men and nations have judged previous generations by present standards but the standards of law, justice, ethics and technology are in constant flux. Continue Reading