Basic Income vs Guaranteed Jobs: What If We Paid Stay-At-Home Moms?
Editorial comment: The concept of a universal basic income (UBI) has been aired at length in recent years. The discussion has been driven by the loss of so many jobs to automation – a rapidly escalating reality. The concept of and arguments for a UBI are based on two assumptions: 1/ All nations have sovereign […]
Would you use your partner’s toothbrush to avoid dementia?
Say what??? Let’s start with a couple of facts, some new, some old. But first, a question… You’re bleary-eyed from a bad night’s sleep. Your brother is visiting and you had a drink too many. The bathroom is still in semi-darkness but you don’t turn on the light yet because you’re not ready for – […]
Are you using these 17 boring words?
As always, I walked my dogs yesterday. Except that it’s more a stroll since they stop constantly to smell the ‘next best thing’. I happened to pass two roadside workers who were chatting. Perhaps they were talking, conversing or, more probably, whinging. I say that (or perhaps decry or profess it) because every second word […]
Saving our Kids from the Nanny State
There are so many laws surrounding play safety! Are we helping or are we raising kids who are “too careful”? Are our kids ‘wrapped in cotton wool’, afraid to take risks? Are we really preparing them for the real world? We live in a nanny state. There are laws for everything. And we live in […]
The case of the disappearing night:
Or why it’s getting harder to see those stars… Change is often imperceptible. It happens day by day so that we don’t see apparent differences. But over the past 1,460 nights, while you’ve been sleeping, the world has become 8.8% brighter. That brightness is from two sources: Over the past four years, the amount of […]
Healing a nation with love – a New Year Resolution
2018 promises to be another year that challenges our collective patience and our efforts at civil discourse. It will therefore be doubly important this coming year to remember that hatred, anger, and greed are expressions of fear. The only antidote to fear is love. Yes, I know we need transformation, but… Like so many others, […]
I didn’t always hate glitter…
Once upon a time, I actually thought glitter was innocent and sparkly and pretty. And then I started raising a house full of girls. Four to be exact. Glitter nail polish; glitter hair spray; glitter slime; presents wrapped in glittery paper; glitter craft ideas; and a nine year old who wants her room painted with […]
Food for thought… the dirty secrets of the food processing industry
We all want to eat well. We especially want our children to get the best possible nutritional value, in the least harmful way, from their food. In my home, we focus on home prepared meals most days of the month. We do it for taste as well as nutrition. By sticking with easy meals, we […]
The treatment for prostrate cancer just got better, cheaper and faster!
One in every seven men will get prostrate cancer. In America, there is one death from prostrate cancer every 19 minutes and a new diagnosis every 2.4 minutes of every day of the year! Prostrate cancer is the most common form of cancer yet is one of the hardest to treat. The problem is that the […]
Sweet Obsession – the bitter side of sugar
My family has been beset with substance abuse! Not of the narcotic or the alcohol variety but one that’s in every kitchen – it’s sugar! It’s a silent killer. It’s within reach of your children. And it can be bought over the counter! We know its effect on the waistline because we can see it. […]
