It was all over the news last week: new action on an old problem. “Australia Bans Social Media for Children Under 16.” Philosophically, it’s a slam dunk. The developing brain cannot be expected to handle influences like alcohol, pot, pornography, gambling, rock ‘n’ roll, (Sorry. Got carried away there). Unrestricted social media has surged to…
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Social Commentary
The Problem with Taylor Swift
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By iHeartRadioCA, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=137551448 The problem with Taylor Swift has very little to do with Taylor Swift. I have great admiration for her. She is an exceptionally talented artist with a good heart and a publicity team that never makes an error. On a personal level, she deserves whatever fortune she makes. If…
Social Commentary
Fake Capitalism Stumbles Again
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We live in a socialist society. Everybody knows that. Hell, even the Americans have a messy and tangled system of social aid. We are socialists, and the most damaging myth we function on is that we are a free market capitalist economy. This may be seen as a convenient excuse for those with the education,…
Social Commentary
What’s Wrong with the Left?
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John F. Kennedy’s, “Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country,” seems a long time ago. I doubt if it would play well to today’s audience. We live in a world of increasing cynicism, and right-wing politicians are ahead of the wave, while the Left…
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Meet Leo
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We have a new member of the family, at least until May. Leo comes to us from our friends the Gilgans, whose vagabond lifestyle takes them again to Indonesia for the winter. This suits us very well, because we were having a tough time finding a good forever dog to lift our spirits through the…
Election Watch
The Man Who Cannot Lose
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Donald Trump is probably going to lose the election. “Ah,” you say. “But the polls say it’s a neck-and-neck race.” Not precisely true. Most of the information we have doesn’t come from the polling companies. It’s filtered through people who slant it the way that suits them. The polls give Harris the edge, but the…
Social Commentary
Revisiting Basic Economic Ideas
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I do my research, and I think long and hard before I form an opinion. As a result, I don’t find myself changing my mind too often. (My wife might not agree with this analysis, but she’s entitled to her own opinions.) However, present economic trends have forced me to re-evaluate some ideas I have…
Election Watch, Politics
How Stupid Are Voters?
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If one were to follow the media (especially the leftist variety) lately, one might get the impression that about half the voters in US and Canada are completely brain dead. As I discovered when I researched my book, “Why Are People so Stupid?” they usually aren’t. Illogical perhaps. Stupid, no. So, with a B. C.…
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It’s Not Bad Memory; It’s Not Paying Attention
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As we get older, we find ourselves forgetting things more often. We blame it on a deteriorating memory and bemoan the fact that we can’t do anything about it. But if we realized that it isn’t really a faulty memory that’s causing the problem, maybe we could do something to function better. When We’re…
Politics, Social Commentary
Greed Vs Democracy
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The present hostilities in Lebanon are the latest boil in the infection of authoritarianism that plagues the world right now. It’s easy to blame the leaders, but part of the responsibility comes from the grassroots: here in Canada and everywhere else. Everybody wants to have their cake and eat it, too, and there are plenty…