Dr. Who? Dr. Strangelove? Dr. Frankenstein?
Maybe Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde? Certainly not Dr. Hippocrates, the "Father of Medicine" (4 minute read) "First, do no harm." – Hippocrates (460-370 BC) Hippocrates of Kos Surely, the most ardent Read more...
“Hindsight is worth a million bucks” … but is it worth the loss of millions of lives?
The ignorance of our so-called leaders is exposed when real leaders can say, "I told you so." (2 min read) Nobody was listening then. Is anyone listening now? Bill Gates, one of the more Read more...
“Did we just strike out on 200,000 small businesses?”
"Afraid so. We're trashing the start-up and entrepreneurs' farm system ... Mike's going along." (4 min read) In the last three years, over 300,000 Canadian small businesses started up (on average, 104,000 a Read more...
Poor leadership is not only painful … it’s deadly!
(3 min read) We all know the short-comings of Donald Trump, U.S. President, and we all know he and his "merry band of sycophants" will always act like the Sheriff of Nottingham rather than Read more...
Fascism versus Democracy …
or 'the strong and wrong versus the right and weak' (7 minute read) I've borrowed the heading from something President Bill Clinton said, and former US Secretary of State, Madeleine Albright restated in her Read more...
Every mayor must foster community spirit and hope …
to measure up to this mayor and his community (5 minute read) The municipal elections are behind us and the rush of community spirit that leads up to elections has subsided, so now is Read more...
Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man. Sir Francis Bacon (1561-1626)
I believe Francis Bacon’s three principles are the foundation of good writing. By “conference,” he means conversation and that is what the vast majority of people do the most; it’s unique to humans. But where we truly find discovery and advancement is by expanding beyond our ability to converse and developing the other two capabilities we possess: reading and writing. Amassing knowledge and having the ability to articulate it in a permanent form – for millions across history – is a wondrous gift that we humans can give to others with whom we share the planet.