22 Nov, 2019

Watching the Impeachment Hearings over the past few days, and listening to the Republicans determinedly deny the facts underlying every witness’s testimony, regardless of how ridiculous the denials, the Biblical verse came to mind, ‘For what shall it profit a man, if he should gain the whole World, but lose his own soul’ (Mark 8:36 King James Version). It is abundantly clear that neither Trump nor the Republicans put much stock in religious teachings, regardless of their sham public displays of

14 Nov, 2019

Don Cherry is an icon in Canada, albeit a deeply flawed one. As a former National Hockey League (NHL) Coach, commentator and TV personality, he is famous for his bombastic commentary, his equally bombastic over-the-top dressing style, and more importantly, his preference for a no-nonsense, take-no-prisoners type of hockey play, where few hockey teams and hockey playing countries escape his dismissal as too namby-pamby by his standards of tough real hockey-play. Don Cherry is venerated in this

06 Nov, 2019

Under Trump, America has changed and arguably for the worse. It no longer represents leadership in the World for liberal progressive values that were written into its much admired ‘Constitution’ by its ‘Founders’; values of freedom, democracy, equality, truthfulness, institutionalized justice and fairness,  sanctuary for all who sought its shores from political tyranny, economic servitude and hardship. For decades after WWII, America was the ‘Shining Light on the Hill’ for humanity, who for the

23 Oct, 2019

The Canadian Liberal Party led by the incumbent Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, managed to hold on to power, albeit just barely. Hurt by a number of missteps, broken promises, an air of hubris, and some serious ethical and social scandals in his first term, Justin Trudeau lost his sweeping majority from the last election, but won a Minority Government nevertheless. Canadians, though disappointed by Trudeau Government’s first term, decided to back him anyway, and stay ‘Liberal and Progressive’

30 Sep, 2019

In repeated extraordinary displays of brazen denials, the Republicans have turned the US government into a crime syndicate, whose chosen Boss is obviously Trump, but whose Republican Senators and Congressmen Lawmaker’s secret oath to protect the 'Boss' with straight-faced lies, and repeated stubborn denials of reality, would turn the most hardened Mafia Boss green with envy. Republicans now belong to Trump, and except for a very few, they dare not cross him in fear for the political lives, as

26 Sep, 2019

Two former bastions of democracy and the rule-of-law, the United States (US) and the United Kingdom (UK), are currently being led by two rogues who are known to lie consistently to achieve their political and personal agendas, and who flaunt the rule-of-law in their pursuit of political goals and the resultant political power that follows. Well, they both had a bad week, where their actions resulted in a serious blowbacks they obviously hadn’t anticipated in their calculations. In the US, as a

23 Sep, 2019

On their worst day, Canada and its Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, are more socially, racially and religiously accepting, and tolerant, than most countries and their leaders in the world, currently. And if truth be told, most white and non-white, naturalized Canadian citizens, if asked, would readily admit that the countries (and their leadership) they originally came from, even if generations ago, are still frighteningly racist, bigoted and intolerant when compared to Canada and Trudeau (and

27 Jul, 2019

Robert Mueller is a genuine War Hero, a Marine Corp Officer, a recipient of the Bronze Star, and a Purple Heart, a Princeton Graduate, a distinguished lawyer and public prosecutor, a United States Deputy Attorney General, and a Senate confirmed Director of the FBI under four US Presidents, two Republicans, Bush Sr. and Bush Jr., and two Democrats Bill Clinton and Barack Obama. And, considering the extraordinary abuse heaped on him during and after the conclusion of his investigation,

18 Jul, 2019

Today’s America has become the poster boy of intolerance, racial, religious and ideological division and hate, boldly stoked daily, publicly, by its elected President. His division-mongering hate is being eagerly picked up by the white supremacy believing crowd that turned a recent rally into a throwback to the glory days of Hitler, standing at the podium while the adoring crowds chanted hateful, spiteful slogans about the Jews, who they then allowed to be slaughtered mercilessly by their