Word Prisms

I’ve got to say I’m a little confused about the anger surrounding politics these days. In Alberta, it seemed to start with election of the NDP as the governing party in 2015. Threats both direct and veiled were circulated through social media and even at public events such as the Big Oilmen’s Association golf tournament in 2016 when Rachel Notley’s face was used as a target for golfers. Recently, men and women donning yellow vests have been demonstrating in communities across the province. And they’re angry. Angry about the pipeline, the carbon tax, “Globalist U.N. and their tyrannical policies.”  I understand the anger and frustration. People  have lost their jobs to which they may or may not be able to return. What I don’t understand is the generalized nature of that anger. The Yellow Vest Canada Facebook page with 107,800 states that “this group is to protest the CARBON TAX and the Treason of our country's politicians who have the audacity to sell

My wife and I met in China in 1984. Since that time, I’ve closely followed what goes on over there. Meng Wanzhou Recently, the arrest of Huawei’s chief financial officer,  Meng  Wanzhou , piqued my interest. She’s the chief financial officer of Huawei, the largest telecommunications-equipment manufacturer in the world and is now, the second largest manufacturer of smartphones  ahead of Apple and just behind Samsung. Canadian officials arrested Ms. Wanzhou as part of an extradition treaty signed with the U.S. where Huawei’s CFO faces charges of fraud. Apparently, she didn’t reveal the identity of a sister company used to trade electronic products with Iran violating U.S. trade sanctions with that country. Shanghai, 1984 Like those from many Oriental countries, the Chinese do not like to lose face. Travelling in that country, I’ve always been careful not to embarrass any Chinese official for fear of the answer that comes most easily to their lips when faced with