My debt to Steve Jobs

For a little while, I’m not going to think about The Uncertain Future of Apple, or What This Means for The iPhone. Instead, I’m going to think about how Steve Jobs changed my life, and probably yours, too. His vision of a computer for the rest of us. His...

Remembering Jack Layton

I probably shouldn’t have been so shocked by this morning’s news that Jack Layton has died at the age of 61. At his announcement last July, when he told Canadians he was stepping aside temporarily as NDP leader to fight a new incidence of cancer, you...

A simple logo, a powerful legacy

via ufw.org If you recognize that iconic logo, so closely associated with one of the toughest fights for social justice in North American history, then you’ve been affected by the work of Richard Chavez. The younger brother of United Farm Workers founder Cesar...

Norway

Two and a half, three decades ago, you’d have found me at a retreat for the youth wing of a political party. Or one of their weekend conferences, or university pub nights, or provincial council meetings. I just have to close my eyes to see the faces of friends,...
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