The modern world requires young supple minds and sometimes even that does not help. I have been aware of the problem for me for a few years,but an experience in trying to buy a book from Amazon both by telephone and computer placed the issue,front and centre, for my 85 year old brain. Here is what Continue Reading
It is in the nature of human activities to eventually change with new improved technology, and the presentation of the winter and summer Olympics every four years must change NOW . The technology I refer to is the magnificent ability to present the sporting events on T.V. Up to the present, cities throughout the world, with the help Continue Reading
Speed limits on Ontario Freeways were lowered from 70 miles per hour (113 km/h) to 60 miles per hour (97 km/h) during the 1970s energy crisis and remained at the nearest equivalent (100km/h) upon conversion to metric measurements in 1977. Have you ever driven on Highway 400, stayed on the speed limit of 100 km/h Continue Reading
The older I get and the more I see of human activity, I realize the flaws inherent in some people, some of the time, depending on circumstances. Erdogan, the Turkish politician, started off by lying about his interest in keeping Turkey as a secular state ,developed by Mustafa Kemal, better known as Ataturk, who became Continue Reading
I was never sure if the prison counts for blacks are real, but unfair. I am now. They are! Of course there are more blacks in prison , out of proportion, to their numbers in both Canada and the U.S. Did you know that 1 in every 15 African Americans and 1 in every 36 Hispanic Continue Reading
If my readers scroll down the categories they will find much reference to democracies, their strong points and their flaws. In my naïve way I have pointed out the problems with western democracy and even attempted to find a solution to its shortcomings. I use the word naïve with the full knowledge of its full Continue Reading