Without a Net

Sitting at a traffic light the other day, we saw a city bus go past. At the wheel was a small, elderly-looking woman. In fact, she was likel...

I recently read The Puppet Masters by Robert A. Heinlein – in fact, it was the first thing by Heinlein that I've ever read in my life....

Like many large organizations, government bureaucracies can be slow to adopt new ideas. The Government of Canada is not immune to this pheno...

Are we as a society getting dumber? If not, why are so many of our books written as if we are? We have a seventh grade Canadian history text...

As I've mentioned before, English is a constantly-evolving language, and this is one of the things that keeps it vibrant and growing. By...

My 10-year-old son is having an existential crisis of sorts. He's trying to decide whether to start calling my wife and me “Mom and Dad,...

Like many people, in light of the Arizona shooting tragedy I have suddenly become much more aware of the language that is used around politi...