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The Road to Hell is Paved With Good Intentions - Wednesday, January 9th 2008 7:34 AM
The political left has once again done the bidding for us adults by punishing responsible drivers.  By reducing the blood alcohol level at which a person may drive...
Immigration Rules Are Irresponsible - Wednesday, January 9th 2008 7:30 AM
Regardless of politics there are some basic safeguards that should be a part of any country’s immigration policies.  Here in Canada how could anyone argue that our...
CKLW The Big 8 Radio Station Was THE Rock n Roll King of the Airways - Monday, August 6th 2007 9:32 AM
For many who lived in 28 U.S. states and 3 Canadian provinces and grew up in the mid 1960's to approximately 1985 you will no doubt know and remember CKLW Radio 80 on the AM...
An Indictment On The Last Forty Years - Monday, August 6th 2007 8:11 AM
Has the City of Windsor been poorly managed over the past 40 years? Of course the answer is yes. But is this scenario simply a reflection of the times?  Let’s reflect on...
Canadian War Museum Display - Saturday, April 21st 2007 5:25 AM
I am the vice chairperson of the Canadian Transportation Museum in Essex Ontario.  My comments below represent approximately 100 people who agree with my message based...
Are Windsor's Best Days Behind It? - Wednesday, April 11th 2007 11:28 AM
Has Windsor, including its earlier border cities like Sandwich, Walkerville, Ford City, and East Windsor and even Detroit, joined the ranks of the “once great”?  Every...
Canada’s Health Care Facts - Sunday, February 25th 2007 9:10 AM
Competition provides lower costs and better services and a government monopoly is the least efficient and most costly method of providing a service or commodity.  What a...
Canada Needs Change - Sunday, February 11th 2007 9:37 AM
Unlike most Canadians I have lived and worked in Europe for 5 years, in Latin America for 8 years, the U.S. for 7 years and Canada for 40 years.  Unlike most...
Global Warming Revisited - Saturday, February 10th 2007 9:45 AM
Eric The Red, a Viking, founded Greenland in 986 A.D.  The climate supported crops until 1480 A.D. when it turned cold again and the colony disappeared....
Trudeau vs. Chavez - Monday, February 5th 2007 7:48 AM
I received an e-mail the other day that suggested that Hugo Chavez and our elder statesman (Pierre Elliott Trudeau) share(d) much in common:  deep love and affection for...
Failing Socialist Model - Wednesday, January 17th 2007 11:10 AM
When Trudeau ruled several decades ago, he decided that the European socialist model was best for Canada over the so-called Anglo Saxon capitalist system championed by the...
Classroom Economics - Thursday, January 4th 2007 1:26 PM
British statesman Benjamin Disraeli once said that “Youth is the trustee of prosperity”.  He was right.  Today’s youth are the key to tomorrow’s prosperity...
Sponsorship Scandal - Tuesday, December 26th 2006 4:38 AM
Every six months, all newspaper and the CBC along with radio and any other form of public information should have to publish the attached summary in order for the public not...
France and Canada - Sunday, December 24th 2006 10:10 AM
Since the Quebec faction of Canada took control of the Liberal Party our untrustworthy leaders have step by step tried to drive a political wedge between our natural,...
Free Health Care - Tuesday, December 19th 2006 3:45 AM
For many Canadians our 39 year-old universal health-care system is the symbol of our national identity.  But in June, 2005 the Supreme Court struck down a Quebec law...
Tyranny of the Minority - Sunday, December 17th 2006 10:13 AM
Justice Marion Cohen, when she recently ordered the removal of the traditional Christmas tree from a Toronto courthouse lobby for fear of offending a Muslim, Jew, Sikh,...
America’s Unceasing Ambivalence - Tuesday, December 12th 2006 5:46 AM
Possibly the most confounding feature of the Iraq war, from the very opening of hostilities to the present day, has been the American government’s utter failure to define...
Quebec - Sunday, December 10th 2006 6:32 AM
The province of Quebec is the most politically dominant of all the provinces yet it is a semi-autonomous country operating within Canada. Politically...
Copenhagen Consensus - Thursday, December 7th 2006 5:34 AM
What do you get when you put eight of the world's most prominent economists in a room together for a week with a list of 10 global problems?  In the case of the...
Canada South - Tuesday, December 5th 2006 8:50 AM
Canada South is a diamond-in-the-rough often mistakenly referred to as a lump of coal by the rest of Canada.  The CBC doesn’t even include us on their national weather...
What is a Customer? - Saturday, December 2nd 2006 2:14 PM
It always struck me odd why Canadians are so often disappointed after using one of the most expensive and least performing health care systems in the world.  The reason...
Global Warming - Saturday, December 2nd 2006 6:32 AM
Eric The Red, a Viking, founded Greenland in 986 A.D. The climate supported crops until 1480 A.D. when it turned cold again and the colony disappeared....
Educational Crisis - Friday, December 1st 2006 12:42 PM
In the middle ages there were three recognized institutions providing a formal education; the trade guilds, royal court and the...
Government Mostly Gets It Wrong - Friday, December 1st 2006 3:17 AM
Many Canadians feel their politicians have powers and talents to make things right. In fact the opposite is true.. What all levels of government don’t know: Lower...
Our Domestic Auto Industry - Friday, December 1st 2006 2:47 AM
The auto industry is undergoing profound changes as it always has since its inception. Imagine the 7,000 year history of having actual horse power replaced in just ten years...