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…

Putin must go! — Every day, Ukrainian people are being murdered. They are not being killed. …

The thug the world can do without. — Vlad the Invader is the 21st century incarnation of Hitler, Pol-pot and Stalin. Throw in a fat little man by the name of Mao Zedong who in his 1958 to 1962 Great Leap Forward had cause to be murdered up to and possibly exceeded 45 million Chinese citizens from all…

Democracy under threat. — Is democracy under threat? I believe it is. For reasons unfathomable to clear thinking people who believe in democracy, a very vocal and thuggish minority in Canada and the USA are not happy with all the freedoms and rights they are provided under the two country’s governments, who it should…

What impact would it have? — For some strange reason, a science fiction story I read many years ago about a man who disappeared popped into my head. He didn't die. He just vanished. However, was able to see the impact his disappearance made. Something along the lines of the Christmas movie Its A Wonderful Life. …

Or, this month’s prime minister — A friend of mine, who shall go unnamed, is a Scot with a great sense of humour and a way with words in the tradition of one of Scotland’s finest — Robbie Burns. One could describe him as a bard. My friend that is. …

The are bleeding us blind. — I live in Vancouver in Western Canada and a few weeks ago, Vancouver had the highest gasoline prices in North America. Yes, we were NUMBER ONE, courtesy of the gouging, robbing oil barons and also, no thanks to the weak kneed governments, provincial, state and federal who let them get…