Reading Time: 3 minutes Globalization takes the blame for the world’s many economic and social failures. In fact, it’s the mechanism that can improve life for everyone
Year: 2017
How Toronto FC’s win could transform soccer’s reputation in Canada
Reading Time: 3 minutes The MLS champions have put the spotlight on the ‘beautiful game’ like never before in this country
When a kiss is just a kiss
Reading Time: 3 minutes Fairy tales impart pro-social values and are full of lessons for the young. We do our children no favours when we read lust and sexual assault into them
Not just blowing smoke: why governments should embrace vaping
Reading Time: 3 minutes Instead of moving to group e-cigarettes with tobacco products, new legislation should recognize the health benefits of vaping over smoking
Mastering the fine art of marketing for the betterment of your business
Reading Time: 3 minutes The best marketing plans make offers that benefit customers and give the businesses involved tangible boosts.
Starting from scratch: how artificial intelligence can build itself
Reading Time: 3 minutes A computer that can think and reason like a person would have an enormous impact on every aspect of our world
The renewable energy movement ignores real world problems
Reading Time: 2 minutes The energy revolution has brought conventional utilities to the brink, only to discover that solar and wind power can’t be relied on
Learning life’s lessons from the best – and worst – of leaders
Reading Time: 4 minutes What we learned from Winston Churchill and Pierre Trudeau won’t be taught to our children by Donald Trump
The battle against Airbnb flies in the face of freedom of choice
Reading Time: 3 minutes Everyday people who want to make money from their homes are opposed by unions protecting their members from competition
The American net neutrality shell game is a threat to unfettered access
Reading Time: 3 minutes Deregulating the rules that apply to the companies that provide the Internet’s infrastructure will allow them to monkey with it for their own gain