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Monday, October 26th, 2009 Posted in Economy, Society | No Comments »
You’d have to be a hopeless masochist to relish getting stuck with a needle-sharp syringe full of dead cells. But, like many other things in life – dental surgery, dinner with ... Read more..Sunday, October 25th, 2009 Posted in General, Society | No Comments »
Somewhere in the two adjoining properties I own, I had sprung a leak. The man from the city, the one in the white coat who monitors the municipality’s electronic water-metering ... Read more..Monday, October 19th, 2009 Posted in Humour | No Comments »
Dear Mr. Harper: As usual, our “friends” in the liberal media are having a field day with your plans for the colour blue in the everyday lives of hard-working, right-thinking Canadians. ... Read more..Monday, October 19th, 2009 Posted in Politics | No Comments »
Does nothing stick to this government? In a week that might otherwise topple a ruling party, Stephen Harper’s Conservatives continue to enjoy a comfortable lead in public opinion. Indeed, they ... Read more..Monday, October 19th, 2009 Posted in Society | No Comments »
I love the smell of newsprint in the morning. That woody, inky aroma beckons me like a bodice-ripper promising delights and disappointments wrought by the hands of those who understand, ... Read more..Wednesday, October 14th, 2009 Posted in Politics, Society | No Comments »
Barack Obama is inarguably the most intelligent, articulate and compassionate U.S. President in a generation. And, outside his own country, he is the most admired since John F. Kennedy. But ... Read more..Monday, October 12th, 2009 Posted in Society | No Comments »
Civility is contagious. So is, regrettably, incivility. I should know. A few days ago, I took umbrage to what I considered was a personal attack on my motivations and character. A ... Read more..Wednesday, October 7th, 2009 Posted in Economy, Politics | No Comments »
It must have happened sometime between the meltdown of the world’s financial system and the first, fragile signs of economic recovery. But when, exactly, did Stephen Harper become. . .well, ... Read more..Tuesday, October 6th, 2009 Posted in Economy, Politics | No Comments »
If you can’t quite reconcile the Conservative government’s well-documented mistrust of cultural industries and Stephen Harper’s brilliantly contrived musical interlude at a gala in support of the National Arts Centre ... Read more..Tuesday, October 6th, 2009 Posted in Politics | No Comments »
Maybe it’s the smirk or that improbably huge melon situated above those patrician shoulders of his, but Michael Ignatieff – the once and future ruler of the Liberal Party of ... Read more..