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: Cigarette boat owners on full display
This is the fourth excerpt from a manuscript about my undercover work with the F.B.I.…
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: An amazing story of recovery and resilience
OPINION A current television commercial shows a man golfing with friends. He selects a wedge…
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: The complicated science of annoyance
OPINION Is there someone who – when he or she walks into the room –…
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: 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: Living with chronic pain
OPINION Most of us don’t live with non-stop pain, so we sometimes forget that others…
THOMPSON: Democrats must fight the lies and fiction from Trump Republicans
OPINION What do you say to someone who believes the U.S. government and its major…
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: Why Democrats are better for the economy
OPINION There’s a Democrat in America’s White House. You know what that means…slower economic growth…lower…
THOMPSON: The amazing adaptations nature makes for survival
OPINION The crested rat – a rodent that roams Eastern Africa – is a creature…
THOMPSON: COVID-19 ‘long haulers’ exemplify pandemic uncertainties
OPINION They call themselves “long haulers”…people who contracted COVID-19 and months later continue to suffer.…
THOMPSON: Rudy Giuliani is not funny, he’s scary
OPINION Last Thursday, with streams of mascara-stained sweat rolling down his cheeks, Rudy Giuliani led…