Tax Credit Wrinkle and Other Matters
Until the speech from the throne last week I wasn’t aware that getting cosmetic enhancements like Botox and liposuction could become tax write-offs. …
Politics
Baby Blues
There was a Family Day rally at Queen’s Park. About 60 couples protested the fact that OHIP doesn’t cover invitro fertilization for those who can’t conceive. The procedure goes for about $10,000. per treatment and sometimes several rounds are needed.  For many couples, it doesn’t even work.  …
The Game of Sex
You can’t say the Middlesex-London Health Unit is shying away from educating teens about sex. …
Bad Advice
I guess members of a US federal task force do not have breasts. Their family members do not have breasts and neither does anyone else they care about. …
IF it is True…..
….it could be the karma that I have long believed would come back and bite former Attorney General Michael Bryant in the butt. …
A Silly Sorry
Federal Natural Resources Minister Lisa Raitt was forced, some say by the Prime Minister’s Office, to say she was sorry for calling the scarcity of medical isotopes a “sexy” situation for her ministry. What a load of hooey. I don’t think she had anything to apologize for. …
Things That Don’t Make Sense To Me
The California Supreme Court upheld a ban on gay marriage. …
Please Fence Me In
The broken fence is fixed but only grudgingly so. …
Bonus Madness
There’s something about some people who rise through the ranks of their profession to the very top, where their word is law and their decisions have a direct impact on the lives of those on lower rungs of the ladder. Some people forget what it was like to be in the rank and file. …
Educating Educators
Quite some time ago I contributed a chapter to a University textbook. It’s now official! The book almost exists! …
Obama’s Big Day
Barack Obama will be sworn in as US President today. And I’m a little nervous about it. …
The Words of Obama
When will special interest groups ever learn? You can’t change the world by yelling louder or staging stunts that don’t appeal to the masses. …
No Go Trains
The province’s train service is letting riders down again. …
The 44th President of the United States
Barack Obama seems to be a class act. He’s a compelling speaker and a bit of a rock star in politics. He’s smart, photogenic and the closest thing to John F. Kennedy, in age and in demeanour, that the US has ever seen. And now he’s the President. All I can say is, thank goodness for us all that Sarah Palin won’t be anywhere near the White House except perhaps as a dinner guest. …