Outsourcing Brains
Gobsmacked. Â Shocked and stunned. Â Perplexed. Â I am all of those things over a London city council committee vote yesterday that approved hiring a Toronto firm to build the new city of London website. Â …
Politics
Here We Go Again Conspiracy Theorists!
For 45 years, London has added a minute amount of flouride to its drinking water. Â The World Health Organization calls this act the single most important health benefit that communities have given people and it blames a lack of flouride and a high sugar consumption for ongoing dental issues in poor countries. Â …
The Case for Capital Punishment
I know what people say about capital punishment. Â My support of it – with several conditions – doesn’t come from the religious “eye for an eye”. Â Opponents say the ultimate punishment is wrong because it’s an act of vengeance. Â To that I say, yeah, so what? Â …
Rhetorical Questions
Why don’t American political candidates get the rights to the songs they use at their campaign events before they use them? …
Bet on a Liberal Comeback
I wrote and posted this blog on the Free-FM website and it attracted a bit of reaction so I thought, let’s see how it plays here! Â …
The Latest “Stupid” List
I love lists, don’t you? Â Give me 5 ways to reduce stress or 10 things everyone your age should know or 3 ways to cook leftover turkey and I’m hooked. Â …
McGuinty’s Bold Moves
The photos are long lost now but I wish I still had them.  Then-Liberal leader Dalton McGuinty and his team in the CHML Hamilton studios as he succumbed to an hour-long interview and phone-in on my talk show.  It’s not because I’m his fan or supporter or anything but it was a moment in time that I experienced. …
Article 457
In yesterday’s blog my Occupy Byron neighbours made reference to repealing Article 457 of the Bank Act. Â Not knowing the Bank Act very well I decided to investigate. Â And it’s no wonder they want it repealed. …
Time for an End to Occupy London
Over the weekend the Occupy London protesters who continue to camp out in our city’s beautiful Victoria Park, held a movie night in one of the tents they’ve set up. Â They also have a library full of donated books and generators to operate the powerful lights they’ve set up. Â All they need is Jefferson Airplane and they could call it Woodstock. Â …
“The Worst Family in the World”
Much has been written about soul-less Ponzi schemer Bernie Madoff and his ravenous greed. Â However, a new book aims to give us an inside look at Bernie’s entire family and how disgusting, sad, mean and gluttonous they all were, as a unit. Â …
Is It Getting Crowded Around Here?
Experts at the United Nations estimate that at the end of this month there will be 7 billion people on planet earth. Â 7 billion as of Halloween. Â That’s scary! …
Occupying Our Minds
About a hundred Londoners travelled east on the 401 for the Occupy Toronto protest on the weekend. Â …
Astounding Behaviors
Two days after Saudi Arabia granted women the right to vote in municipal elections, a woman was sentenced to 10 lashes for driving a car. …
Hate = Attention for Fame Whores
The title of today’s blog says it all. …
Green With Envy
I love my city. It’s alive with festivals and fun all summer long. It has excellent restaurants and fascinating museums. But when it comes to green bins we are living in the dark ages. …
Warren Buffett is Speaking. Is Anyone Listening?
Billionaire Warren Buffett has a partial cure for the US financial fiasco – tax him and his buddies at a higher rate. …
Hope and Optimism, Jack
Looking gaunt and tired, federal NDP leader Jack Layton stepped aside yesterday to focus on a health battle against a new diagnosis of cancer. …
When the School Bully Becomes a Success
I finally figured it out. Donald Trump is just a grown-up schoolyard bully. …