If you dropped in as I write this column, you would find me seated in my green recliner, a…
Life-wise
Children lead
Because I have travelled and lived abroad, people often ask me for the secret to good race…
Loving the family rebel
Do you ever feel like drowning or disowning your kids or grandkids? Don’t do it. Drowning…
Pollsters persuade
Roman comic Terence said, “So many men, so many opinions.” Last week, I…
Going to jail?
What would you do to your grandmother if she insisted on warning you against entering a certain…
Faith-based or fatally biased
In a speech delivered last July 23, John Tory, proposed government funding for faith-based schools.…
The widening attack on free speech
Last month I wrote about free speech. Reaction to that column and a growing concern among fellow…
Africa revisited
I noticed my son, David, check his watch then look at the map. He sat at the window, I occupied the…
Lure of the Island
Just last week we returned from another trip to western Canada. This time we visited a son who two…
A place to hide
Most of us have special places tucked in remote corners of our minds, places we return to when…
Catch a falling Star
I am jumping out of an airplane. No not me; I have no intention of doing that. But the subject line…
What’s so funny?
I recently discussed how I appreciated older television dramas to modern offerings. To me the more…
Truth or titillation
Many of us who write for a living or work in radio and television, too often forget that our own…
Lessons learned in the heat
Just sitting in the heat a few days ago turned me from the happy, uncomplaining fellow most people…
The sky is falling, cried Chicken Little
I heard it first from my brother back in 1947, "The sun is dying," he said. "It will…