Recommended for reading

I’ve been promising a report on a couple of books, but not this one. Our neighbour Merlin, who lives just a few doors away, discovered last year that I like to read. Merlin was a teacher for many years and clearly still likes to read and to encourage others to read. He’s got roots in…

The USA today

Since 2016 as Canadians watched Americans begin their run-up to the 2020 election I think we’ve been confused by what we’ve witnessed. Recognizing that since 2008 and the bank failure in the USA we have noticed increasingly that there was growing anger towards anyone, anything inside or outside the USA that was seen as costing…

Are you watching?

I’ve been fascinated to follow the hearings on the January 6th insurrection which took place in Washington DC following the 2020 election. The presentation is compelling, the stories frightening as you hear testimony after testimony, on how deep was the commitment of Trump and a few of his team in making every effort to overturn…