Reading Time: 3 minutes One of the best things about New York City is just how easy it is to get an excellent feel for the entire city during a single day
Month: August 2020
What you need to know about cancer
Reading Time: 4 minutes Cancer isn’t one disease with one cure, but researchers have made significant progress in understanding and treating it
The economic case for tearing down dams
Reading Time: 5 minutes Spending lots of money on hydroelectric projects in the hopes we’ll need the power in the future is a mug’s game, even for big projects
The dark side of tipping your server
Reading Time: 3 minutes Tipping promotes age, race and gender bias, and make servers more vulnerable to sexual harassment from customers
Do we let race define us or do we look for common ground?
Reading Time: 3 minutes No prime minister in Canadian history has used identity politics more than Justin Trudeau
Can the Liberals get rid of Julie Payette?
Reading Time: 3 minutes There’s no historical precedent for removing a governor general and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s hands are tied
Remember, all knowledge has a best before date
Reading Time: 4 minutes There is nothing more immobilizing than hanging on to knowledge whose time has expired
Zion National Park a walker’s paradise
Reading Time: 4 minutes While overshadowed by its bigger, more famous neighbor, the Grand Canyon, Zion National Park rewards your walks with the hidden treasures you didn’t expect
Bombardier the poster child of pork-barrel cronyism
Reading Time: 4 minutes Instead of picking winners and losers, federal and provincial governments should step back and let markets work
Trump’s oil industry optimism is misplaced
Reading Time: 3 minutes The pain is only just beginning to ripple through the U.S. industry in the form of bankruptcies and layoffs