A 187 YEAR OLD PROMISE
Three Cherokee tribes are pushing aggressively for the U.S. government to make good on a 187 year old promise to award them a sitting delegate …
COMMUNISM VERSUS DEMOCRACY
Communism versus democracy: The age-old argument between purveyors of democracy and those that advocate communism both depend on ideologies that don’t work in practice. In …
BLIND AMBITION VERSUS INTEGRITY
The reality of blind ambition versus integrity could not be better illustrated than by the embarrassing debacle that took place in the U.S. House of …
AGE LIMITS
The recent mid-term elections in the United States raised a question with me about age limits for political representatives at all levels. A minimum age …
BOMB IN THE CANADIAN CONSTITUTION
A bomb in the Canadian constitution is real, and Canada is not alone. Any written constitution is almost certain to have errors, omissions, vague statements …
IDEOLOGICAL DIVISION
I want to address the major U.S. issue of ideological division, which is also present in many other of the world’s democracies, albeit at a …
INDIVIDUALISM AND OPPORTUNITY
The mantra of the United States has always been “The land of individualism and opportunity; opportunities abound if you are willing to work hard, and …
THE RICH GET RICHER
The rich get richer. This was the topic of a very interesting analysis sent to me by one of my readers. We have all read …
HUMOUR
One of the major casualties of our current, ridiculously politically-correct, world is a sense of humour. Politically, no-one in their right mind can even attempt …
SOCIALLY BANKRUPT
Socially bankrupt would be a reasonable description of the U.S.’s stand on gun control. A report in the Huffington Post reported that a school district …