
Note: I live in Quebec, my next prime minister may not be the same as yours. … [Read more]
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Note: I live in Quebec, my next prime minister may not be the same as yours. … [Read more]
Watching Free Birds, a cartoon about turkeys with a time machine, with my boy, he asked me what the invisible spaceship/ time machine was made with. He’d never seen an invisible spaceship before! http://youtu.be/FR9CyI3dG8Q?t=27s What could I … [Read more]
This article was written about an inspirational Ottawa doctor and the dynamic NGO he had founded, for which I had volunteered in Tanzania. Seven years later, I'm honoured to be working with the Canada Africa Community Health Alliance (CACHA) again, … [Read more]
Did Socrates need to die? Do some voices need to be silenced? … [Read more]
Stephen Harper's close circle of communications advisers has had a lot of success doing things I don't understand, and this is the latest in the oeuvre. Comes out (through documents obtained by a news agency, still not clear what that means) that a … [Read more]
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vs. Coincidentally, I started reading Caesar’s Commentaries on the Gallic and Civil War about the same time I started watching Game of Thrones. In that context, Game of Thrones comes across as a PBS dramatic … [Read more]
In just the last few weeks of Canadian politics, these stories about changes to our Parliament, parties, elections and citizen involvement have made headlines: … [Read more]
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[This is one of my first short stories. In the first paragraph I describe the Chateau Lafayette tavern, and how it had never changed. Well, since then it's changed. But I don't think any Ottawans would say it's sold out.] On an autumn night I … [Read more]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCgnmROBczU That's funny. As someone with gutter-level musical talents who often winds up behind a mic, I sympathize and support. I imagine Harper will look back on this moment as one of the greatest in his life, … [Read more]