Raul Freitas
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Ai! Ai! Ai!
That was the cry uttered by my grandfather when getting up off the couch, back in the day.…
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A step
It’s epic, the battle for control of what people can do with their own bodies. Today, society is bent…
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Scene 1, Take…
I apologize in advance, but I must tell you that announcement of a fore coming election doesn’t ease…
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Next Stop…
It’s not what it used to be. That seems to be a common feeling among those of us…
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Nearest and dearest
The definition of “family” has evolved consistently. Even the popular definition from let’s say, 15 years ago, is…
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Warning signs
We count on our instincts to help guide us through our path, whether consciously or not. Although not…
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Alternative facts
Not being generous with the truth is as popular as honesty itself. There are so many guises of lying…
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Que Será, Será!
Predictions, forecasts, best guesses, gut feelings… in the end it’s all the same; opining about something that we…
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A Toast
For the many of us that actually celebrate this time of the year, Christmas, whether we realize it or…
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Do the math
Violence of various types has been a thing in our schools for quite a while now, at least…
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It’s not easy being green
Jim Henson’s Kermit the frog had no idea when singing this tune in The Muppet Movie back in…
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Parasite
We’ve all heard that prostitution is supposed to be the world’s oldest profession, it is an arguable statement,…
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Mind the gap
Throughout our lives, certain headlines, or news items, have echoed relentlessly. Situations that have persisted unchanged, unresolved. Equally…
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A bit of this, a bit of that
I’ve never believed in extremes. Tipping the scales too much to one side is just asking for trouble.…
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A Second Home
In the old days, elderly members of the family could always count on being looked after by one or…
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In their shoes
My mother died of breast cancer a number of years ago and I was fortunate enough to be…
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Give & take
The way we were all forced to live due to the recent pandemic drew back the curtains on…
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Pass the Bucks
Inflation. How do you describe something that was never meant to be wholly understood? Add to that the…
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Child Less
For parents, it used to be a given, or at least expected, that our children would eventually have…
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Go Ahead, Make My Day
I love movies. As a kid, the place to be on Sunday afternoons was in front of the TV…
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Labour of love
During my tenure in Canada, Labour Day meant one of two things. As a youngster, it meant that the…
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Snake oil superiority
Will the real snake oil peddlers, please stand up. This week’s topic of alternative medicines is another from the…
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Sink or Swim
Is there anyone out there that doesn’t fully understand the fundamental importance of water? Not a chance. What…
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Habemus Papem P.R.
In stereotypical terms, Canadians were always known to be the world’s foremost apologizers, well known throughout the comedy world,…
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SOS
A lacking public health system is nothing new, or at least it shouldn’t be. We’ve been listening to…
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Spark it up!
Almost two million years, that’s how long ago some anthropologists believe man began to place their food over a…
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Fast & Furious
Is it just me, or does life feel like a video game these days? For quite a while…
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Really Simple
There’s absolutely no doubt in my mind that we are what we eat. Along with what we ingest,…
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A Cause Without Rebels
With literally billions of intelligent people on this planet, how is it we have consistently allowed ourselves to…
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Just Between You and Me
None of us can really claim that any one culture possesses unique qualities, unless they’ve spent time among…
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