Reading Time: 4 minutes The new book Becoming Ronald Reagan details the unlikely emergence of the most consequential Republican conservative of the 20th century
Category: Books
“Do. Or do not. There is no try.” The wisdom of Star Wars
Reading Time: 3 minutes Trying implies eventually giving up but doing implies putting in the effort until the goal is achieved
Words matter, outcomes matter more
Reading Time: 4 minutes In modern society, we tend to casually toss around words like racism and genocide. We need to be more respectful of these words – and their horrible history
A life of honour, tradition and service to others
Reading Time: 3 minutes The story of Mary John is one of perseverance and resilience, and should serve as an example to all who read it
The invaluable power of healthy skepticism
Reading Time: 4 minutes Usain Bolt became the fastest human being ever by eating – wait for it – Chicken McNuggets, not following the latest health care fad
Beaverbrook: A Canadian who liked to win
Reading Time: 3 minutes Relentless and focused, Max Aitken wasn’t squeamish about cutting corners to get what he wanted in business and politics
God save the Queen – so she can save our country
Reading Time: 4 minutes When (not if) democracy fails, Canada’s constitutional monarchy could well save us from a descent into political anarchy
Anti-Alberta bigotry clothed in environmental clichés and platitudes
Reading Time: 9 minutes It is anyone’s guess how long Albertans will put up with this assault on their interests and insult to their self-respect
Timely advice on how humanity can avoid self-extinction
Reading Time: 4 minutes The author of A 21st Century Economics for the People of a Living Earth, is convinced that we’re threatened … but not doomed.
Jim Bouton’s impact reached far beyond the baseball diamond
Reading Time: 4 minutes The Ball Four author was a significant social activist, speaking out about apartheid, and exposing small-town government and media corruption