Over 50 dead and more than 500 injured in what has been described as “The deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. History.” When I was a teen that distinction was held by the University of Texas tower shootings when 16 people were killed and 31 were injured by Charles Whitman in 1966.  After fifty years…

I read an interesting article in the Halifax Metro the other day.  The title was “Euthanasia requests not met in Nova Scotia”.  The gist of the article was that of the 64 requests for assisted suicide in the first six months of this year, only 24 had been acted on.  Of the remaining 2/3’s, some…

I was getting ready for my day when I noticed how grey my hair and beard had become. Instead of looking like a pirate, now I looked like Santa Claus.As I wondered how that could possibly have happened without me noticing, I remembered something I was told almost thirty years ago. Roy Corey, a member…

I subscribe to Yogi Berra's theory that if you don't attend other people's funerals, they won't come to yours. With that in mind, whenever I can, I attend the funeral of Wesleyan Pastors on our district.Last weekend the staff from Cornerstone made their way to the chapel at Kingswood University in Sussex to say good-bye…

I was sitting in my office annex the other day and was listening to folks use Canada's third official language as they ordered their double doubles, triple singles and four by fours.  Which begs the question: is a coffee with four creams and four sugars still a coffee? But again, I digress. As I listened…

Someone has been busy.   I read an article the other day that nude pictures of Tiger Woods, Katharine McPhee, Kristen Stewart, and Miley Cyrus have all surfaced and ended up on the internet this week.  I wonder if it ever crossed their minds that having nude digital pictures floating around was a bad idea?   It’s…

Another eclipse and again the world didn’t end.  Did you catch the eclipse on Monday?  It was pretty unspectacular in Halifax, certainly not worth flying here to see in your Lear jet.   On the other hand, we are supposed to enjoy a complete eclipse in 2024. I remember the last time that happened, I was…

Last year there were more Canadians hospitalized due to alcohol than for heart attacks.  Let that sink in for a while.  According to a recent report from the Canadian Institute for Health Information, there were about 77,000 hospitalizations in Canada that were caused entirely by alcohol.  During the same period of time about 75,000 Canadians…

I wonder if Stephen Harper feels vindicated? He should! In 2005 when he suggested that same sex marriage was a slippery slope that could led to the further redefinition of marriage, including the possibility of polygamy, the media and government ridiculed the suggestion. When I mentioned polygamy to our MP he couldn’t understand how I…

 I hope you enjoyed the Canada Day Celebrations and took some time to be thankful for what we enjoy as Canadians. It was interesting to note this year the number of people who wanted to focus on some of the more unsavory aspects of our past.  And there are certainly any number of things that…