Healthcare in the United States (November 20, 2014)Politics | HealthIn the news: Another high profile case of a Canadian getting a huge bill in the States and not being (more...)
Fix Toronto Streetcars Tomorrow (September 20, 2012)rant | accident | driving | Politics | Government | trafficDear Toronto, Your streetcars have always caused me a lot of grief. First, their schedules are so in (more...)
Copycat, copycat! (August 25, 2012)Copyright | Politics | programming | Government | Business | Development | Project Management | Technology | PatentsAs a technologist, the recent Apple vs. Samsung lawsuit is extremely concerning. I was hoping a (more...)
Why do people vote Conservative / Republican? (April 20, 2011)Politics | Business | EconomicsAdd another one to my “things that confuse me” list… Why do average, ordinary peo (more...)
Why not private healthcare? (January 26, 2011)Logic | Politics | Government | Health | Economics | moralityThe traditional “for profit” economic model works great for most things. For instance, t (more...)
Perhaps online privacy is important after all (August 10, 2010)lifestyle | Politics | Privacy | Marketing | Internet | TechnologyI recently watched an enlightening documentary called “We Live In Public”. It (more...)
Privacy law protects the guilty and penalizes the innocent (May 31, 2010)Politics | Government | Privacy | TechnologyUpdate: 2010-06-29 - Record arrived by mail. Was apparently processed 2010-06-18, eight days after I (more...)
Copying is NOT Theft! (May 5, 2010)rant | Copyright | Politics | Business | Marketing | Internet | Economics | TechnologyI was a bit annoyed today reading through a few of the comments on this article in the Globe and Mai (more...)
Religion is here to stay (May 2, 2010)Logic | Politics | possibly offensive | Religion | moralityI wrote most of this a few months ago, but a recent watching of the movie Agora prompted me to edit (more...)
Why is income tax so damn complicated? (April 7, 2010)rant | Politics | Business | EconomicsI don’t understand why the income tax system (in Canada and the US) has to be so bloody compli (more...)