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Month: August 2025

Published Columns

Wanderings – Fact, fiction, and what’s posted online

August 27, 2025 Phillip Blancher

AI-generated cartoon A fire in the middle of the night consumed a stone house near where I live recently. The house was empty and there were no injuries. That is where I thought the story […]

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Wanderings – Counter tariff soup or profiteering?

August 20, 2025 Phillip Blancher

Canada is one of only two countries in the world to have imposed reciprocal or counter-tariffs on American products, in response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs on Canadian goods six months ago. It was […]

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Wanderings – Triskaidekaphobia and Araskavedekatriaphobia

August 13, 2025 Phillip Blancher

The headline of this column is not a bunch of random letters typed on the keyboard by a two-year-old. Rather it is a very real condition. Triskaidekaphobia is the fear of the number 13. It […]

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Wanderings – Rewarding the bad guys

August 6, 2025 Phillip Blancher

We have a global problem. We, meaning the global community – countries and government leadership, reward those who are the aggressors. The bullies, the terrorists, those who commit ill against others. Those are the people […]

Recent published columns

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  • Wanderings – Shortchanging the Future and Basketweaving
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  • Wanderings – The case for not having an opinion
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Recent photography

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    October 13, 2025
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    July 14, 2024
  • Canada Day Fireworks
    July 8, 2024
  • What to do with a filter?
    July 8, 2024
  • Hockey photos… the playoffs
    February 18, 2024
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