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Don Thompson
Don Thompson, an American awaiting Canadian citizenship, lives in Vernon and in Florida. In a career that spans more than 40 years, Don has been a working journalist, a speechwriter and the CEO of an advertising and public relations firm. A passionate and compassionate man, he loves the written word as much as fine dinners with great wines. His essays - a blend of news reporting and opinion - will appear weekly under the title, This, That and the Other.
THOMPSON: These are tough economic times but not compared to Great Depression
OPINION “These are tough times,” a friend lamented the other day. Hard to argue that…
THOMPSON: Amid pandemic Americans get Trump’s Theatre of the Absurd
OPINION President Donald J. Trump and his Coronavirus Task Force – headed by Vice-President Mike…
THOMPSON: Death toll from COVID-19 is much more than a number
OPINION The numbers reported most often about the coronavirus pandemic focus on how many contracted…
THOMPSON: Tired of Trump’s lies and his supporters’ ignorance
OPINION U.S. President Donald J. Trump’s biggest adversary is truth. His contempt for honesty and…
THOMPSON: Let’s talk toilet paper
May I have a couple words with you about a very personal matter? Toilet paper.…
THOMPSON: There’s a silver lining to the pandemic response
OPINION Everyone reading this shares a single fear…a single question. Will I die from Coronavirus?…
THOMPSON: Hunkered down in Florida awaiting the Grand and Glorious Semi-Annual Adventure
OPINION With all the preparation of an assault on Mount Everest, Bonnie and I started…
THOMPSON: Remembering the Olympian who taught me how to kayak
My first time whitewater kayaking was in the late 1970s in the Smoky Mountains of…
THOMPSON: If you’re looking for a hero in the COVID-19 pandemic, look in the mirror
OPINION Recently, I heard someone lament that “we need an Einstein to solve this coronavirus…
THOMPSON: Here’s hoping ‘our songs’ never go out of fashion with couples
OPINION Couples often have a special song – “our song” – that is emblematic of…
THOMPSON: Living with chronic pain
OPINION Most of us don’t live with non-stop pain, so we sometimes forget that others…
THOMPSON: Politicians sell dreams
OPINION I sold dreams for most of my public relations and advertising career, so I…
THOMPSON: The damage Trump is doing while he tries to Make America Great Again
OPINION Last week, Americans suffered yet another body blow in the Trump Administration’s bare knuckle…
THOMPSON: How the American caucus process works, or doesn’t work
OPINION Last week, about 170,000 Iowans tried their damnedest to be the first group of…
THOMPSON: The complicated science of annoyance
OPINION Is there someone who – when he or she walks into the room –…
THOMPSON: History won’t be kind to Senate Republicans in Trump impeachment trial
OPINION Have you ever noticed that we human beings tend to take something simple and…
THOMPSON: My sister Ruth, one of the people I most admire
OPINION Who in the entire world – other than your spouse or partner – do…
THOMPSON: Canada the obvious choice for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex
OPINION Well, I can’t avoid writing about the latest earthshaking event. No, it’s not Trump.…
THOMPSON: In praise of baseball
OPINION As we near the dead of Winter…in Florida and Arizona – the homes of…
THOMPSON: Republicans more loyal to the party than to America
If you’re like most people, you’re probably asking yourself, “How can Donald Trump not be…
THOMPSON: Divine intervention or sheer luck? The day I almost killed my brother
OPINION Have you ever killed someone? Strange question? Perhaps. But a long time ago…precisely 60…
THOMPSON: Our perception of the passage of time
OPINION Here it is just over a week before we let go of one year…
THOMPSON: Too often race a deciding factor in America’s courts of law
OPINION Every day in America…truth bubbles up in a cauldron-like criminal justice system. But the…
THOMPSON: An amazing story of recovery and resilience
OPINION A current television commercial shows a man golfing with friends. He selects a wedge…