Since my wife, Linda and I are celebrating our 40th wedding anniversary today (Actually, we celebrated last night, so I am actually writing this last week; follow that timeline) I’m looking for a good news story. Here goes. Friends of mine have a Japanese daughter-in-law. The first time she came to the United States, her husband-to-be…
Month: July 2017
Social Commentary
Is Global Warming Increasing Forest Fires?
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Duh! Of course it is.The Union of Concerned Scientists thinks so. Temporarily at least. Temporarily? Sure. As areas that were formerly cooler warm up, there will be less rainfall, thus more fires. More fires put more carbon in the air, making more warming. But over time a new equilibrium will be reached. The extra trees in…
Politics
Media Take the Bait – Again
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Quote of the Week: “I was elected to represent the citizens of Pittsburgh, not Paris.” – Donald Trump on the Paris Accord. Immediately everybody, especially the Mayor of Pittsburgh, jumped all over this one. I mean, sure, the US President is expected to represent his constituents. It’s just that he shouldn’t throw the fact in…
Social Commentary
The Official Death of Capitalism
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Note, this was supposed to be published a couple of months ago, but it somehow disappeared, and the latest news has prompted me to try again. Well, it had to happen. All the wild and wacky “isms” of the 20th Century have gone down in flames. Fascism, Communism, and now Capitalism. The pattern is similar. Somebody…
Politics
Government is Not a Hockey Game
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Okay, we’re Canadian, and we like things simple. We’d love to boil life down to the simplicity of Canada’s soon-to-be National Sport. (We used to have another one, but it turns out it was culturally appropriated from some previous arrivees, so our politically-correct establishment will have to turf it out.) Score more…