One of my favorite columnists, Jeffrey Simpson of the Globe and Mail, would, like many opinion writers, offer his thoughts and predictions in his columns. What I admired the most, was that Simpson's end of year column would keep score of what he got right and wrong in the past year. So in that …

Wrote this during the pandemic as I pleaded for schools to reopen. I knew first hand the extended school closures were hurting kids. I take little joy in the vindication in the fact that many now realize how damaging this decision was. I still find it hard to let this go. I was heavily involved i…

The Ontario Ministry of Education is hoping to address the inequality issue within its secondary schools by treating everyone the same. The result has been that everyone is suffering.    Rather than continuing to let parents and students decide what level or stream (academic, applied, workplace)…

Time to take a break from politics and discuss the benign…. Recent discussion among Yankee fans debated if Juan Soto signed a long term deal with the team, where he might end up on their list of greatest Yankees ever. Obviously, with an iconic franchise with such a deep pool of hall of farmers an…

Wrote about this issue over 12 years ago in the Guelph Mercury. Based on the recent report in the Toronto Star the same issue remains… One of the tougher decisions my wife and I have had to make as parents involved the option of enrolling our kids in French immersion. Our school board offers the pr…

Have been warning my tribe in this space for a while that they are losing the room. So I have to admit, feeling a little schadenfreude as the verdict came in for the U.S. election. If the Democrats are to regain power in four years they can hope that Trump will implode and his working class base wi…

With the U.S. election thankfully, just days away I want to offer a prediction and thoughts on what comes next.  As someone who likes substance over style, I usually end up supporting the loser and believe this will be no different in 2024.  While I have said the decision was not an easy one for m…