July 13, 2024! We might be forgiven for not remembering the date – especially if you are Canadian. The heat of summer, the beginning in ear

He was born in Portland, Maine in 1807 and many of his lines are as familiar to us as rhymes from Mother Goose; lines like . . .   "......

I confess, to my shame, that I never had an identity crisis. My wife seems to think I did years ago when I purchased a 2014 Jeep Sahara...

November is election time, south of the border ...  down ... Canada and before ... Mexico way. The famous American humorist, Mark Twain,

In yet another example of virtue signaling, in June of this year (Summer 2024), it came to light that our esteemed Canadian Cancer Society

If you tuned in to watch the 2024 opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics, the ‘woke’ parodying of ‘The Last Supper’ seems an obvious...

Between 1861 and 1865, in 19 States, the Unites States fought its bloodiest war in history – all on America soil. Bull Run,...

Eastern Pentecostal Bible College, in Peterborough, Ontario was my Alma Mater. It was also where I spent almost half of my 50 years of...

Unless you have been hiding under a rock or cruising the Pacific Ocean without access to internet, time and again in this latest...

A ‘Two-State Solution’ to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict will fail. Not maybe … or perhaps … or even, we shall see. No! It will fail....

This past summer I was invited to speak at a friend’s Baptist church, filling in for the pastor while he was on vacation. It was not my...

Jambalaya is a treat for me. Chicken, shrimp and Andouille sausage, celery, onion, green bell peppers, Cajun seasoning, jalapeño and...

This world’s antisemitic hysteria has been on panoramic display these last few months, following Israel’s response to the October 7, 2023...

Like most families at Christmas time, there are favourite traditions that occupy our time together. If you have small children, it might...

In my younger days (I was 8 at the time), I was ‘drafted’ into the Cub Scouts. I say ‘drafted’ because my mom thought it was a good idea...

I care, but I hardly care, if you know what I mean? I hardly care … that our clubby, legacy media pulled out all the stops to frame the...

It was a gorgeous Saturday afternoon July day in Montreal, my hometown. The weather was hot and steamy and Jim and I were out visiting –...

OK, so we live in a crazy world – with all political parties trying to ‘score’ knock-out punches against their opponents. This is true...

I have never heard of Maitland Jones Jr. - I suspect most other folks have not either. Last October (2022), Jones Jr. was deep-sixed by...

Have you checked your bank account lately? No – not to see what your bottom line looks like … or share some with me – but to see whether...