Torontonian here. The founding principles of the US were "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness". Still works that way, especially if you're a wealthy white male. This country's basis was "peace, order, and good government". Individual rights are NOT paramount. There's a CCLU, but it has a much lower profile than the ACLU. Historically, we trust our government a lot more than the Americans do. Although this may be gradually changing as Conservative ideology drives out Liberal ideology by promoting fear that we'll become a godless police state.

They stopped getting MY dimes when I got that 1st shot of Salk vaccine. I use MOD as a counterexample whenever anyone talks about the superiority of the private sector vs the public. All bureaucracies are equally self-serving.

Some trig tests consisted of proposed equalities. You had to determine which ones were valid. My technique was to assume it was true, and work backwards. The teacher objected to my starting off assuming it was true. So I wrote the steps from the bottom of the answer box to the top, announcing I had derived it the proposition from a known equality. Teacher couldn't say a damn thing. Just goes to show the quality of math teaching in the 1950s.

Southern Ontario is already in a mild earthquake zone. I remember the disconcerting feeling of the office building I was in swaying.

Whether you take the bus or drive a Mercedes is NOT meaningless. Ask either one of them.

I'll bet none of them said they were doing it BEFORE becoming billionaires.