… nothing new under the sun T unisia – Egypt – Libya – Syria – Yemen…. there’s turmoil and change in the Middle East. Young people are shrugging-off their dictators and autocrats but then what? I just finished reading the...
I can fly… I met someone on Monday to take their photo for a story I’m writing. We were downtown beside The Salvation Army’s Booth Centre. During our conversation after the shoot, one of the people I was with pointed to a window high up on the side...
Sick of the system I don’t really understand health care in the United States. I know you have to pay for it, while you don’t have to in Canada. I know that Canadian politicians get in a flap every time the idea of private, paid-for healthcare comes up – the spectre...
Food and fuel T amponians are between a rock and a hard place, or maybe more accurately, between a Big Mac and six-lane road with no sidewalks. Let me explain. Restaurants, particularly fast food franchises, are ubiquitous. While quite enough has been said, written...
Roman & Goth | religion in Tampa A mericans are way more religious than Canadians. Churches abound, literally – they are everywhere, in all shapes, sizes and sorts. They range from the pillars-of-the-establishment to the uppity storefront “ministries” of...
The knee-jerk pursuit of perfect security is over The Canadian Air Transport Security Authority will now allow airline passengers to carry tools with shafts shorter than six centimetres and scissors with blades shorter than six centimetres. Ottawa says it wants to...
