Sometimes people say the darnedest things. And today a story in the National Post made me really mad. Most of our new hires these days are graduates of one of the many fine...
It seems not that long ago that we had entered what was thought to be a post war era in which international conflict on the scale of World War II...
News this week that Caisse de Depot, Quebec's giant pension fund has put two of Canada's iconic hotels up for sale -- Toronto's Royal York and the Hotel Vancouver - gave...
It's been an interesting week. Apparently the let-it-all-hang-out generation has discovered privacy and a few other things not quite so nice. The first news item that caught my attention was a report in...
Success and failure. The Wall Street Journal today juxtaposed two counterpoints in underwater search. Page 3 reported that after five hundred years archaeologists believe they have now found the remains...
A recent story in Intelligent Life provides some interesting context for the upcoming AGO exhibit on Michelangelo. Like many artists who have achieved postumous fame, Michelangelo Buonarroti wrestled to find commissions...
One of the things out of office travel affords me is a chance to catch up on my reading. I load my carry-on up with my recent magazines and read...
Georgiy Mamedov, Russian Ambassador to Canada - I have a friend who is a teacher who thinks her profession is the most maligned. My brother who is in real estate...
Media has been announcing the demise of the brand for some time. Most recently both the The New Yorker (Twilight of the Brands) and The Economist have entered the fray. The...