Women and men are as different as chalk and cheese. Thankfully! — Ever since the first multi-celled organisms on primitive earth figured out sex was the best way to reproduce, there has been an ongoing battle between the sexes. Some creatures take it to the extreme such as the Praying Mantis. The male, generally smaller than the female has to figure out…

The opinion of a 77-year-old white male If any people have the right to gloat over the way they handled COVID 19 it is New Zealanders led by a youthful, female prime minister. But the country’s PM didn’t gloat over the successful suppression of COVID 19 unless you call doing…

Lets be honest. — It seems around 90 percent of English speaking people are using this trite and glib preface to the great words of wisdom they are about to impart in either a conversation or an interview. And it’s just plain silly and totally unnecessary. To be honest…….. There are variations on the theme as follows; …

It is a pity stocks are still not in use. What stocks? Keep reading. — I’m not talking about stocks trading on a stock exchange but stocks that were used in medieval times to shame and punish petty criminals and neer-do well’s. They were a feet restraining device that were used as a form of corporal punishment and public humiliation.

The sexual revolution was not that revolutionary. There has always been just good old sex. — The sexual revolution was not that revolutionary. There has always been just good old sex. Approximately 75,000 thousand years ago, the massive Toba volcano came to life in a super eruption that occurred around the site of present-day Lake Toba in Sumatra, Indonesia. The Toba catastrophe caused a global volcanic…

We learned that lesson prior to World War II — didn't we? — Columnist Terry Glavin hit it out of the ballpark with his article “Pelosi’s Visit To Taiwan Anything But Reckless”. One would think the lesson would have been learned from the Second World War that appeasement does not work. The word is closely associated with then Prime Minister of Britain Neville…

Don’t bring your stupidity to Canada. — A few weeks ago, my wife and I drove up to the country to visit our son and his family. My son took me on a drive on various back roads in and around the town to show me what he feels is creeping nationalism. I was amazed to see…

I will try and keep this short though there is lot to cover. — Why the hell do American's insist on calling politicians who have been voted out of office by their past title? And generals who are no longer in the military general. And Secretary General’ s Mr Secretary or Madam Secretary. They are out. Gone Done.They are Ex! or Former! The dumbest…

Now, Maybe I have to think about it — When I drafted this article a couple of months ago, I wrote that I was signing off on Medium. Why? Traction for one thing. Lack of support another. I have written a total of 317 stories on Medium and I feel like the abandoned spouse. No alimony payments. No gratefulness…