Reading Time: 3 minutes When virtually the entire elite class holds the values of large numbers of people in contempt, something important has been lost
Month: December 2016
A year-end report card for federal politicians
Reading Time: 3 minutes Even in one of the crummiest years in memory, many of Canada’s elected representatives deserve high marks – and we should be thankful
Top 10 U.S. cities to visit
Reading Time: 3 minutes Planning a trip to the United States? If you had to make a list of the top 10 U.S. cities to visit, what would they be?
Finding Donald Trump under the Christmas tree
Reading Time: 3 minutes Three new books examine a nation’s people at cross purposes and the potential for America’s new president to reconcile those differences
The importance of unstructured recess
Reading Time: 3 minutes By organizing activities at recess, or replacing recess with more classroom studies, educators are doing a horrible disservice to children
Embracing the new reality, ‘fake news’ style
Reading Time: 4 minutes The truth, the whole truth and … oh, what the hell, if you can’t beat the Trump legions, you might as well join them and tell lies
We all can change and evolve, including Patrick Brown
Reading Time: 3 minutes In defence of the Ontario Conservative leader’s shifting perspective on social issues, including LGBT rights
Brad Wall: The second coming of Stephen Harper
Reading Time: 3 minutes Why the Conservatives, and the conservative movement in Canada, would benefit if the Saskatchewan premier moved into federal politics
Christmas at home creating our own family traditions
Reading Time: 4 minutes The process of creating the new traditions of Christmas continues year by year
The legacy of the Arab Spring is chaos and civil war
Reading Time: 4 minutes MICALLEF: The political instability accompanying the Arab Spring has created spaces where jihadist groups can flourish