24 Feb, 2020

In the last four years or so, the first being Trump’s run for the Presidency, and the last three, the term in Office so far, Americans and the World have been subjected to constant boasting by Trump as to his ‘genius’ and his ‘wealth’ (‘I am a stable genius, and very, very, rich’). But in the cold, hard, American capitalist world of business smarts, success, big money and politics, it is Trump who is the minnow, and Michael Bloomberg who is the whale. Knowing this, Trump tries to belittle

14 Feb, 2020

Guilt-ridden Trump’s acquittal by the Republican-controlled Senate was an open sellout of America’s lingering image of a largely law abiding ‘Super Power’. That image of America, as a ‘Policeman of the World’- moral, humanitarian, and largely law-abiding, since the Second World War – albeit severely tattered since the George W. Bush legacy of illegal wars and corruption triggered financial crisis that almost tanked the entire global financial system - was nevertheless still the perception of the

31 Jan, 2020

Finally, after three years of the most chaotic and embarrassing displays of political incompetency by England’s ruling Tories (the Conservatives), Great Britain and the European Union (EU) parted company, with the MEPs (Members of European Parliament) ratifying the ‘Withdrawal Agreement’ that governs Britain’s exit from the EU. The actual withdrawal will take place Friday January 31st, 2020, at the midnight hour, Brussels time. Now that Brexit has actually happened - now comes the consequences

23 Jan, 2020

For a time, escaping the turmoil he continues to create in his own Country, Trump arrived in Davos to be his true self, which for him was to be at his falsehoods spewing best. But now the World knows him, and they apply a healthy ‘Trump Discount’ to everything he says, which means that ninety percent of Trump-speak can be discounted. His speech in Davos was described by some as, ‘endless, tedious, bombastic, mostly unsubstantiated claims’, and that would pretty much describe most of his

11 Dec, 2019

Almost a year after being ‘agreed to’,  one of the World’s largest trading blocks, Canada, the United States and Mexico, have finally agreed to a trade deal, called the US - Mexico - Canada Agreement ('USMCA') after considerable revisions. In spite of Donald Trump hailing it as far superior to the old NAFTA ('North American Free Trade Agreement'), a far more precise name for those that prefer such things, USMCA is known in the more informed circles as NAFTA 2.1, the unrevised version being NAFTA

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’