Global TV announced late last night that news anchor Leslie Roberts has been suspended over conflict of interest. In its statement, the station said: "At Global News we take matters...
Except that as one political cartoon from the Windsor Star said today, "Unfortunately they are armed with assault rifles these days." Still, I for one believe that the pen will...
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...
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...
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...
With one of our most important clients - William Grant & Sons, the legendary distillery - based in Scotland, I take great interest in all things Scottish. Thus it was...
On the eve of both Easter and Passover, I thought it was worth remembering that every once in a while humanity does get things right. Amidst all the killing and the raping,...
The New York Times Sunday Book Review reported on Jonathan Haidt's "The Righteous Mind" (Pantheon Books) which explores the challenge of persuasion. Haidt's goal is to enhance political discourse by encouraging...
As the rest of the world increasingly seeks out entertainment through a video screen, I continue to be fascinated by live theatre. I see almost anything I can from the...