Author: Erik Williams

They truly understand the design choices that went into our Constitution and government as evidenced by this quote at the end of an op-Ed in the Globe and Mail: “The gears of the American government come with the sand preinstalled. Even now – perhaps especially now – that’s something to be thankful for.” They compare their parliamentary system to ours and highlight that the chaos and stupidity currently on display in Washington isn’t really possible…

The first system I ever worked on was a document conversion workflow that was automated with state associated with each step a document took through the process from scanning to OCR and writing to electronic file formats. I just suggested adding rudimentary workflow state management to the administration application I support for Alexander’s therapeutic horseback riding. 26 years after that first job and here we go workflow again! ;)

As the "1922 Committee" of Tory backbenchers is voting on whether to execute the Prime Minister's political death warrant for her efforts in terms of the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement, one wonders if she's thinking about one Michael Collins. The Big Fellow was tasked by Eamon de Valera to go to London to negotiate a treaty with Britain for Irish independence. What he came home with didn't give de Valera the Republic he wanted and the…

This year's election cycle seems particularly ironic to me…

When you’re listening to the latter tracks of “The Wall” and it sounds so disturbingly close to contemporary political discourse that you can imagine current political “leaders” playing the parts…yeah, it’s time to take the hint… :(

(This was to my cousin Hannah's mother and came right after the senseless and hateful shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh.) יום הולדת שמח We wish your day to be happy as can be and may it have many happy returns of the day! I’ve been thinking of you and Hannah often especially after yesterday’s news flash that came through as we were awaiting results at Nick’s marching band competition as to…