The Capital’s Crisis
On May 16, 2013, a senior member of the RCMP, Superintendent Biage Carrese, wrote a calm letter to the clerk of the Canadian Senate. It concerned certain issues. (Click on the article's bold title to read the whole.)
Can’t we be more civil?
In the early 1960s, when we came to Toronto, a well known church leader, the late James R. Mutchmor, once said to me that the beauty of liberal democracy is revealed, simply and basically on the streets. (Click on the article's bold title to read the whole.)
Get ready – maybe you’re on camera !
In the days after the dreadful Boston bombing of April 15, the air was filled with information that was often contradictory, sometimes incorrect. The bombing was a profound tragedy destroying lives of individuals and families on all sides. But when it came to public opinion one was almost unanimous, at least in the media which often mirrors public opinion: images caught on storefront surveillance cameras were seen as key to the successful pursuit of the two brothers, Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, both sad to say, Muslim. (To read the whole blog, click on its bold title.)
Fort Myers Restored to a Florida Jewel
I’ve known of Florida’s Fort Myers for years, but for whatever reason (maybe the prefix “Fort” gave me a wrong impression) I’ve never visited it. So, early this year, my wife Barbara and I decided to spent the month of March there.
The Crime Bill
It’s now over a hundred years since Winston Churchill spoke one of the first of his many eloquent and wise lines: “The mood and temper of the public in regard to the treatment of crime and criminals is one of the most unfailing tests of the civilization of any country.” (Click on the article's main title to read the whole.)