The problem of Waste Management, the accumulation and disposal of waste products worldwide, is the number one problem among the hundred or so other problems, as I view this question from up here on my Back Forty. First of all, let us ask ourselves this question. Why do we have all of this waste? To […]
We “are drowning in Our Waste”, reads the head line of a thought provoking article in the London Free Press, Aug. 8/01 This article deals with the problem of farm waste (cow and pig manure), produced in certain areas in Ontario by intensive livestock farming. As this article points out, these large projects are the […]
Yesterday was the era of the horse-drawn carriage, the walking plough and the grain binder. Today is the era of power, speed, competition, poverty and affluence, homeless people and mansion dwellers. Tomorrow has a promise of a new and better day, the day for which we all yearned, but thought would never come; that day […]
Our country proudly boasts that we own one tenth of the world’s supply of fresh water. Certain mega corporations are now bidding for the purchase of large quantities of this water for resale abroad to some of the less fortunate people of the world who have the necessary cash to pay these water peddlers their […]
Criminal Justice: What does it mean? I wonder how many unjust decisions, resulting in wrongful convictions, are passed through our Law Courts every year. How many completely innocent people are paying cruel penalties, perhaps with their very lives, for crimes they never even thought of committing? Who is the sinner? How many persons have committed […]
Yes indeed, our society is in need of a standardized statement of “affirmation of allegiance”. As a matter of fact, I believe that this sort of thing is long overdue. What better place is there to start than in our school system, from Elementary through Secondary and beyond? However, I believe that we might well […]
Hi, neighbour! Yes indeed, I do get delivery of the daily newspaper. Sometimes it is late, due to an occasional bad spell of weather. I read all of the news, the news of the happenings and reader’s comments from right around home and thanks to our modern technology, from the far corners of the world. […]
Hi Neighbour! Have you got your (Spring Planting) done? This morning I am reminded of the dire plight of the Farmer. I can very well appreciate his situation because, at heart, I have always been one of them. At the same time, I have always been a member of the Human Race. I suppose this […]
Well, Here I am, back to show you another View. The current National, political debate, which should be of concern to each of us, concerns “Law and Order”. The question on the table is in effect, should we allow any foreign or domestic free enterprise interest to get control of our Prison system and at […]
Hello! – Here I am again: I am persuaded to share a few thoughts about Health. This wide-ranging subject of Health Care is pretty much on people’s minds these days, here in Ontario as well as, all across Canada. The U.S. indeed has its own contentious health problems. We in Canada, Ontario, in particular have […]