I am writing this blog-post on the morning of Saturday April 18th after learning that a stay-at-home order has been extended in Ontario until May 20th. At one time I was charitable and attributed the actions of all three levels of government to incompetence driven by at its core a legitimate fear. But it’s past […]
This past Sunday afternoon, Minneapolis police officers pulled over 20-year-old Duante Wright for a traffic violation. Body-cam video shows that he was taken from the car and one policeman was trying to handcuff him when the young man broke away and jumped back into the driver’s seat of his vehicle. A second officer, Kim Potter, […]
United Airlines made an announcement several days ago that has caused a bit of a stir, at least in some circles: “Our flight deck should reflect the diverse group of people on board our planes every day. That’s why we plan for 50% of the 5,000 pilots we train in the next decade to be […]
Last week, US President Joe Biden laid out plans to raise the US corporate tax rate from the current 21% to 28%. This would roll back the cuts that Donald Trump had enacted several years earlier. It is almost certain that the Republican Party, seemingly directionless, will oppose this change. And as a general rule, […]
This past Saturday in North Vancouver, British Columbia, one woman was killed and six others were injured in what seems to be a random attack. There is no evidence that the alleged attacker, Yannick Bandaogo, knew any of the victims. Right now, we don’t know much about him and what his motivation may have been. […]
The quarterback of the Houston Texans is a spectacularly talented football player named Deshaun Watson. In the stellar 2017 draft class, he was selected 12th overall and I’ll confess: At the time, I found it inexplicable that he went that late. But now after a series of accusations against him by seven different women, in […]