The Mayor’s Mouth
So London’s Mayor, Joe Fontana, is taking some heat for telling our university football team, the Western Mustangs, that hard work is bullshit. …
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Politics
Get a Real Job
More labour unrest is in the offing at college campuses over 28 issues including the instructors’ displeasure at being told how to teach.  Public school system teachers are miffed at being told they have to sign a contract that freezes their wages for 2 years and stops them from banking any more vacation days to cash out at retirement. MPPs are headed back to work Monday to debate the bill. Employees at the Big Three are holding out for a share of profits now that things have turned around and there actually are profits they say should be shared. …
Muppet with a Cause
As we toured the Titanic exhibit at the Luxor in Las Vegas we couldn’t help but notice an interracial couple among the photographs of passengers who were on board the famous ship. What must life have been like for them back in 1912?  Surely there’s no way they could have escaped prejudicial comments and other foolish and unfair reactions to their different races. I looked at them with awe. They must have been resilient and in love. …
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Master Plan #3,468
London has had its share of growing pains.  While farmland on its outskirts is gobbled up by builders slapping up the slums of the future, downtown has suffered from malls drawing Londoners out of the core with their huge parking lots.  It has happened in many cities this size.  Give London some credit for working on it and for having a downtown that doesn’t look like a bombed out village.  There’s a lot still going on and it’s a fun place to be. …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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Rhetorical Questions
Why don’t American political candidates get the rights to the songs they use at their campaign events before they use them? …
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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 …
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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 …
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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. …
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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. …