To students of history and the great conflicts of the last century, the American claims of having won both world wars, now voiced with Trumpian certainty, ring hollow. The properly educated realize that there is a fundamental difference between being the reason that a war was not lost and being the reason that it was won. But the American psyche, reflected in the parochial, self-congratulatory polemics of its secondary school systems, is steadfast and unerringly stupid. So, l

"They seek her here, they follow her there, Those Koolaid Quaffers everywhere Is she a saviour or a victim tell That damned quite Scarlet Tinkerbell" Those boots weren't made for walking but that's what I hope she'll do!!

The Message Issues Forth!! n 2025 I believe that people are generally accustomed to the notion that their privacy and ability to stay secluded, at least in the virtual sense, has largely disappeared. With AI and the algorithms of covert data collection, people are used to the rather repugnant notion that hidden entities are massing information about them, including how they tend to think and react under a whole spectrum of circumstances. However, such a perception is relative

Surveys, which have lately become a very popular mechanism for collecting data and reflecting the public will, are dangerous vehicles when they are carelessly conceived or inexpertly constructed. Indeed, it is not only lack of the necessary competence that can turn a survey from a useful expression of the popular voice to a deliberately misleading reflection of special interests or private biases. Crafted with questions that lead to predetermined or desired outcomes – “direct

The role of populist crusading victim has served Meed Ward well over the years. It has allowed her to mask her rather shallow grasp of the duties of civic governance and stewardship behind a curtain of aggrieved indignation. I find it very difficult to give any credence to her movement demanding respect for politicians. It is the latest of her self-promoting clarion calls. I have great respect for some politicians - Obama (both), Stephen Lewis, Lester Pearson, Bill Davis, P

Sunday dinner has long been associated with home, hearth and family. It has become a symbol for a time when social values were arguably...

I completely and emphatically disagree with anyone who promotes the Burlington Council's Food for Feedback event. First, it is a highly...