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Saturday, February 24, 2024

Number 16 Oscars Quiz 2024

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The 96th Academy Awards will be held on Sunday, March 10, 2024.  The live show will start at 7 p.m. Eastern Time. on ABC and will take place...
Thursday, February 22, 2024

Mona Parsons: The Hero that Few People Know About

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Mona Parsons We Canadians are a modest bunch, much given to self-deprecation.  We do not celebrate our heroes enough, particularly our femal...
Thursday, February 8, 2024

Connor McDavid and a Million Dollars

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Connor McDavid is 27 years old.  The Richmond Hill, Ontario native is the captain of the Edmonton Oilers and he is arguably the best player ...
Saturday, February 3, 2024

Why MAGA Republicans are so afraid of Taylor Swift

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Why are ultra right-wing Republicans and Trump supporters so afraid of the woman pictured above?  Taylor Swift holds no political office and...
Tuesday, January 30, 2024

When will the Toronto Maple Leafs ever learn? They keep making the same mistakes

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   “The definition of ‘insanity’ is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results." The above quotation is o...
Saturday, January 20, 2024

Extremism is blocking peace in the Middle East

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The world is off kilter right now.  It's off balance.  Too many people view society in terms of black and white.  For them, it's alw...
Sunday, January 14, 2024

Hey Evangelicals in Iowa, Trump is using you!

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AN OPEN LETTER TO AMERICAN EVANGELICALS IN IOWA The Iowa caucuses are about to open the Republican primary calendar.  It is frigid and snowy...
Monday, January 8, 2024

The Missing Reporter

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Note to Readers of Number 16 If you have been following my postings on this website, you might be interested in my novel, The Missing Report...
Monday, January 1, 2024

My 2024 New Year's Wish List

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Last year I posted my personal wish list for 2023.  I promised to let you know which of my wishes came true and to write another wish list f...
Friday, December 29, 2023

Centennial Park Conservatory Photos

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Here in Toronto, we've had days and days of damp, drizzly weather.  It's been unseasonably mild and there has been no sunshine and d...
Monday, December 25, 2023

Christmas 2023: Reflections on a world gone mad

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Go, tell it on the mountain Over the hills and everywhere Go, tell it on the mountain That Jesus Christ is born   - Attributed to John Wesle...
Friday, December 22, 2023

Christmas Foods and Delicacies Quiz

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Christmas Foods and Delicacies Quiz Number 16 presents a multiple choice quiz on Christmas food from around the world.  There are ten questi...