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I find  it a melancholy thing to contemplate our flag which is an astonishing thing because I belong to that generation which grew up without a national flag.  We fought to have one that was designed and made and voted … Continue reading →

I’ve been listening to the various candidates for the leadership and after much reflection, I’ve decided Nathan Cullen will have my vote. Canadians were asked if you would support political cooperation between the NDP, Liberals and Greens to defeat the … Continue reading →

Locusts propagate, proliferate and eat.  Locust economies function the same way. No one develops a vision for a nation in office.  One arrives in Ottawa with it.  Once in Ottawa, the political pressures of Ottawa take over and there are … Continue reading →

   In 1976, world leaders met in Rome for an extraordinary meeting.  Canada’s Prime Minister, Pierre Trudeau was part of that meeting.  It came to be known as the Club of Rome.  It’s remembered for the unexpected announcement the leaders … Continue reading →

Both outside and inside, Osgoode Hall, the law courts in downtown Toronto, has the materials and harmonious proportions of a building built before mass production sunk its teeth into every aspect of construction. Outside it is clad with soft yellow … Continue reading →

Hay on Wye is a little village in Wales of about a thousand people just over the border from England. What has made it famous around the world and brought me to it, is books. About 30 years ago, an … Continue reading →

String Theory  proposes that more than one set of physical laws are possible and as a consequence different universes exist and can co-exist, a little like J.K. Rowling’s idea where Harry Potter can pass through a portal and enter a … Continue reading →

All of the roads into the City of London (the central core of the much larger metropolis) are protected by a rampant griffon. We tend to hear more about the congestion charges than we do rampant griffons, but they have … Continue reading →

After the horse and cart, the first mechanical invention was the bicycle and its magical pedal, chain and gear system. It remains the most efficient human movement machine ever invented. Nothing else has occurred to the human mind that can … Continue reading →

Trams are a cheap date. For the cost of one bus tour you can buy a week of tram tripping. Trams are friendly. If you get lost, they will always take you back to where you started. No questions asked. … Continue reading →