GeneralLast night at Zaphod’sIt was one thing when the chucklehead in the red leather baseball cap took his shirt off and started twirling it like a lasso over...
GeneralRecessionomics: Bling as leading indicator?Remember that wsj story about how the recession was forcing rappers to cut back on bling -- some were even sporting jewlery made...
GeneralHeath at the WalrusDon’t tell Wells, but the Walrus has a pleasantly long interview with Joe Heath that’s worth checking out. You’ll get more out of...
GeneralThe Brand is StrongWritten especially for Jack Mitchell: why the NDP’s name is its best asset.
GeneralDining and DiversityWhen you dine at home with your family, as a rule everyone has the same meal. If you’re having roast, everyone has roast. If it’s...
GeneralRecessionomicsThe best thing in today’s Times was this piece about companies that have set themselves up as internship brokers: You pay them...
GeneralSports skills are life skillsThis week’s Ad Missions -- the little biweekly rating of an ad campaign I contribute to for the Post -- looks at the KidSport...
GeneralVernon Makes it PlainTonight PBS replayed a great interview that Tavis Smiley did with Vernon Jordan a few months ago. They talked about everything...
GeneralThe Diab ChroniclesLast week, the sociology and anthropology department at Carleton announced it had hired Hassan Diab to teach a summer course. Diab...
GeneralPret a PorterGood Bertonian Canadians you all are, I’m sure you followed with interest the three part Canwest series on high speed rail called...