David Frum: You Wrote a What?!
"As some things are too strange for fiction, others are too true for journalism." That quip belongs to P.J. O'Rourke. The idea behind the quip explains why I turned to fiction to try to describe what has happened in Washington over these past four years of national crisis. How can the political elite [...]
Fat In Foods: More Fat Than A Stick Of Butter
You wouldn't sit down to dinner at your favorite restaurant and order a stick of butter a la carte. You're too smart for that — you know there'd be lots of calories and little nutrients and, most of all, lots and lots of fat. But some of the cheesy entrees and meaty meals [...]
The Koch Brothers Exposed
If the Koch brothers didn't exist, the left would have to invent them. They're the plutocrats from central casting – oil-and-gas billionaires ready to buy any congressman, fund any lie, fight any law, bust any union, despoil any landscape, or shirk any (tax) burden to push their free-market religion and pump up their profits. [...]
5 red flags that an email is a scam
Internet phishing scams are ever increasing and twice last week someone was after my credit card number and PIN, sending personalized emails with urgent messages, one to a work account and the other to a home account.“Scotia Online” there is no such thing, though it is deliberately similar to Scotiabank asked for an update [...]
Arguments Against Water Fluoridation
YOU Can Help End Fluoridation! That's right, people can stop fluoridation, an insidious and unfortunate public policy that only a hand full of nations continue to practice. Get educated about fluoride; get involved; visit our web site at www.FluorideAlert.org to learn about the science, legality and ethics of fluoridation. Learn how you can take [...]
SFU strengthens educational ties to Brazil
Simon Fraser University president Andrew Petter will join Canada’s Governor General David Johnston in Brazil next week at an international conference of academic leaders. "The mission enables SFU to increase its visibility as a destination of choice for Brazilian students and to deepen its mutually beneficial partnerships in areas such as clean energy, business and [...]
How to Increase the Love in Your Life
By Brene Brown – Can we increase our ability to love and to be loved? Brené Brown, PhD, LMSW, author of The Gifts of Imperfection and professor at the University of Houston, has spent the last 12 years looking into questions like this one, scientifically researching the scope of human emotion, from shame to [...]
The Grey Bruce Collective – ‘Tank Range Project’
The Grey Bruce Collective is thrilled to present a reading of the ‘Tank Range Project’ at the SpringWorks Festival in Stratford, Ontario, May 17th & 18th & 19th. About the story: The Sacrifices of War & “The Tank Range Project”: Roger Shank and Jamie Robinson have written a play that draws together the modern day sacrifices [...]
Hire a real estate agent or go it alone?
Saverio Manzo and Rosalie Jones are sold on selling their own homes privately — as long as they get some hand-holding from a pro. Not a good idea, argues Alan, a retired teacher who asked to remain anonymous. He tried to go it alone, called in an agent mid-process, and says he got an [...]
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Striking views of Earth captured in time-lapse video
Coinciding with the anniversary of Yuri Gagarin's first flight into space, a videographer creates a recording that takes viewers on the International Space Station's tour of Earth. The scientists aboard the International Space Station "have the best view in the solar system," videographer Alex Rivest says. Maybe that is why he created this time-lapse video of exactly what the [...]
