Speaking of the Enlightenment…

After every election, an accepted wisdom emerges. And very often, it’s entirely wrong. The recent U.S. election is a case in point. Take the shibboleth that young people stayed away from the polls in droves. Actually, the youth turnout rate went up nearly six...

In the headlines today…

Strike won’t affect delivery, Canada Post says Cards should arrive as usual by Easter Newborn baby discovered at Vancouver bus stop Decades from now, he’ll lead Fraserview to the promised land Kellogg CEO tapped as new U.S. commerce secretary Promises...

Exactly what does it take?

Back in the distant mists of time — the early 1970s — a young Garry Trudeau penned a Doonesbury strip where two legislators grumble over the difficulty of definitively nailing Richard Nixon. “If only he’d knock over a bank or something.”...

Join the resistance!

If you have a web site with its own domain, and you’re sick to death of spam, and you can’t make it down to Boca Raton to leave a flaming bag of dog poo on a spammer’s doorstep, you can still fight back. Project Honey Pot is asking webmasters to...

Project 4000, 25 years on

Amazing the difference an idea can make. Twenty-five years ago, as a humanitarian disaster was unfolding on the other side of the planet, Ottawa Mayor Marion Dewar launched Project 4000, a plan to find sponsors among Ottawa’s many families for 4,000 Vietnamese...
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