There are good and bad elements to Trump’s presentation of himself as a political figure. Herein we are going to discuss *ahem* some of the good, all of the bad. good Be controversial. When Trump called McCain out for being captured in Vietnam, saying it wasn’t heroic to get brought in by the enemy, he […]
The machines of tomorrow, anchored in a substrate of gooey electronics and dripping silicon, thought faster and faster. Their idea of relaxation was a millisecond less spent in contemplation. When the sun rose around the edge of the planet, they were still calculating. The worst mistake mankind ever made was to give over authority to […]
I disagree that every story has already been written. The science fiction field alone disproves that, and the modern world we live in is full of everything from cell phones to computers to be used as plot elements that never existed before. You can make a whole exciting mystery novel based on a cell phone […]
Watching television was growing boring, so he flicked it off. The house was silent, cold and unremarkable. He leaned back in his recliner, stretched his arms and almost dropped the nearly-empty beer bottle in his right hand. Catching himself at the last instant, secretly hating his clumsiness, he set the Molson’s dark brown bottle on […]
In Canada, it’s over. The Hard Left has won. Progressive politics dominates the landscape. But in the United States, the morality wars between Left and Right rage on. As the U.S. is the real arbiter of global culture, what goes on there has reverberations across the planet. Canada’s Left-wing consensus could be erased if the […]
“Toronto is a special city, and the environment is perfect for the arts; free and alive.” — Emory Cohen Hunched with broad shoulders by Lake Ontario Scowling at the world Toronto’s buildings frame a lean, angular face The CN Tower itself What a miracle this place is Center of the Golden Horseshoe, That agglomeration of […]
“The superpowers often behave like two heavily armed blind men feeling their way around a room, each believing himself in mortal peril from the other, whom he assumes to have perfect vision.” — Henry Kissinger The Cold War was history’s biggest engagement between two forces, the USA and the USSR, the first time that superpowers […]
“One man with a gun can control 100 without one.” — Vladimir Lenin Evolved over the centuries to kill, The gun is mankind’s best friend It takes a whole, breathing life And tears it to tatters in an instant’s rend Saddam Hussein had a gold-plated AK-47 He marveled in its utility The average American family […]
Every major business enterprise started out as a small acorn, once upon a time. *sighs* It hit upon a successful way of doing things, and multiplied rapidly. In Canada, Tim Hortons started as a hockey player’s dream for his retirement, and in the city of Hamilton, Ontario, that dream was born. I’ve stood in the […]
Today’s fact is that Just as perfection can be the enemy of the good, hyperintelligent writing can cripple the storytelling approach of good fiction. You’re doomed if you think too much. My father had a girlfriend at one time — Polish, very nice, not too bright up there, if you know what I mean, big […]
