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The greatest job in the world is to be a police officer. Specifically I am referring to the cops who serve at sporting events and enjoy the game while getting paid for this strenuous effort. I’m an avid baseball fan and I can’t help but notice the handful of...

This is a July 1st Canada Day weekend. And July 4 follows in the U.S. This means fireworks events, drawing crowds by the thousands. I have thought about the subject at length and I have culled the common characteristics of all fireworks displays. These are my...

You need not be a beekeeper to read this. The other day I was checking out a travel book on Amazon when a large notice hit me in the face. It read something like, “You may also be interested in Beekeeping for Dummies. What gave Amazon that idea I have no clue. I would...

The Miss America Organization announced that its participants will no longer be required to appear in the swimsuit event, nor will the ladies be required to wear evening gowns. In short the judges will not be adjudicating on physical appearance. This certainly is a...

We just saw the U.S. Starbucks close down its outlets for several hours to allow for sensitivity training of staff following an event at a Philadelphia branch where an associate racially discriminated against two black men, refusing to let them use the washroom...

A story surfaced recently about jurors in some cases consulting the Internet to study information about the case, which info never formed part of the evidence. Some of these incidents resulted in mistrials or near mistrials. Aside from admonishing jurors not to do...

I'm happy today. The reason for this joy is that I was not invited to attend the royal wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. . Before I celebrated my non invitation, I checked my emails again today to ensure there was no last minute message from the wedding hosts...

Spent some time in Fort Myers only to be disappointed once again by the lack of promised wild animal sitings. Please see video below for the whole story.  

The end is near. Robots are taking over. Even Elon Musk noted, “ I’m close to the cutting edge in Al and it scares the hell out of me. It’s capable of vastly more than almost anyone knows and the rate of Improvement is exponential.” The human touch is waning. I wanted...

These pearls of wisdom originally appeared in Last Word-Supreme Advocacy ( http://supremeadvocacy.ca/top-ten-thoughts-criminal-civil-lawyer-43-years-profession/) Top Ten Thoughts from a Criminal and Civil Lawyer After 43 Years in the Profession After almost 43 years...