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Category: Politics

  • The art of politics

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    Ronald Weihs

    Posted on August 2, 2019 by roncw The NY Times columnists, a dozen or more,  rate the performances of the Democratic candidates as if they are auditioning for a theatrical performance. They answer questions that include ideas, but their responses are judged on body language and seeming sincerity. The ideas are selected from a list…

  • Why Hydro One should not be privatized

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    Ronald Weihs

    Hydro One Voltage Lines in Woodbridge Ontario, photo Tom Stefanac, from Wikipedia The privatization of Hydro One is a terrible idea, for many reasons. There is one argument that I have not seen in the press, and I’d like to present it now. The idea that retaining the single largest portion of shares guarantees control…

  • Neo-nazis on the tube

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    Ronald Weihs

    We had a chilling experience last night on the London Tube Circle Line. A noisy, drunken crowd of men, and one woman, piled on the train, singing and shouting. They had extreme east-end accents, so that even my relatively well-tuned Canadian ear could hardly make out anything that they were saying. I assumed that they…

  • Pete Seeger refuses to provide metadata to HUAC

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    Ronald Weihs

    Pete Seeger, noted folk singer entertaining at the opening of the Washington labor canteen, with Eleanor Roosevelt (Source: Library of Congress) Peter Seeger was a huge influence on my life, musically, politically and spiritually. When he died at last, like so many others, I reviewed what I knew and loved about him. Thanks to Mark…