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
As a former pharmacist, now retired, I have some in depth knowledge about the possibility of mistakes in filling prescriptions. From 1958 to 1992 I was president of a chain of prescription pharmacies, and in that period time there were errors made but, and this is important, none resulted in serious illness or death. It was Continue Reading
The public is unaware as to what is going on, because the professional services received are the same. But the remuneration received by each profession is heading to the bottom . The profession of pharmacy, is in deep trouble right now. When I graduated in 1954 there were 1000`s of independent pharmacies all over Canada Continue Reading