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Personal Accounts on D-Day and Today… I remember D-Day well. I was in elementary school on June 6th 1944 when suddenly classes were cancelled and we were all lead into the main hall of the school. The Headmistress announced that the invasion of Europe had begun. This was all she knew about it. I stoodRead More
In my last two blogs, I have outlined the problem of fast food restaurants with more than 20 outlets in Ontario being compelled to list the caloric value of all menu items. This is required in many states in the USA and I presume elsewhere. The problem is that not all calories are equal andRead More
In a previous blog, I criticized the Ontario provincial government for proposing that fast food restaurants post the caloric content of the items on their menus. I suggested that it would more meaningful if they were required to indicate the actual nutritional quality of the food. We are facing a crisis. Increasingly, people are becomingRead More
Mandatory Listing of Calories in Fast Foods The Ontario Government has proposed legislation to require fast food outlets like McDonald’s and Tim Horton’s to list the calories associated with each food item they sell. This will, they hope, make customers more food conscious and help relieve the problems associated with such maladies as obesity andRead More
Prince Charles and Climate Change Prince Charles has called those who disagree with the concept of serious man-made climate change “Headless Chickens”. To call scientists, with whom you disagree, names is disgraceful. Science thrives on dissent and argument and it is by this means it flourishes. For example, in 1976, at a conference in Madison,Read More