TORONTO – The third year of a Canada-Italy bilateral, cultural-athletic program based on the love for Baseball and Softball ended with a resounding crowd pleaser, Monday, with a game between Italy’ s Ladies U-18 and their Vaughan Vikings counterpart hostesses.
TORONTO – Ogni giorno che passa, mi convinco sempre di più che la funzione primaria dei sistemi politici e degli aspiranti politici è quella di dimostrare la follia di strutture socio-politiche basate su un’ideologia che nemmeno i loro fondatori capiscono e tanto meno si preoccupano di sostenere…
TORONTO – With each passing day, I become more convinced that the primary function of political systems and political aspirants is to demonstrate the folly of socio-political structures based on some ideology not even their founders understand much less care to support. Poor Joe Biden – remember him? – mere hours after his inevitable abject decision to withdraw from a race he had won (only the scheduled “medallion award ceremony” needed to take place), an army of concerned partisans and pundits descended on Media and Press to advance for their patrons.
TORONTO – Un ex amico impegnato nel giornalismo e nella politica a livelli alti affermava che “la politica non è un affare serio”. Un altro, nel tentativo di scusare gli “apparenti fallimenti” di chi è al potere, similmente riteneva che “la colpa ricade sui consiglieri”. Entrambe sono posizioni difensive volte a deviare trasparenza, responsabilità e rendicontazione. In breve, “non importa comunque”…
TORONTO – A former friend engaged in journalism and politics at senior levels once opined that “politics is not a serious business”. Another, in an effort to excuse the “apparent failings” of the ones in power, offered that “the blame rests with the advisors”. Both are defensive postures aimed at deflecting transparency, responsibility and accountability. In brief, “it does not matter anyway”.
