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We are at the early stages of discovering how many unmarked graves are associated with native residential schools in Canada, but there will be thousands. And while some may try to argue that those who ran the schools “meant well”, there is no possible excuse for the anonymous burial of thousands of children, or the…

When I read the kiddie press chortling and cackling about Joe Biden’s “fumbles”, my mind goes back to the 1974 Canadian election. Pierre Trudeau’s government had fallen in a confidence vote and the country went to the polls. Without doubt, Trudeau was clever and charming and energetic, and all told not a bad Prime Minister….

Harness the power of curiosity to multiply your communication effectiveness tenfold or more. Curious? Read on. Every fisherman who ever tied a fly or crafted a lure knows the power of curiosity. Want to catch a wild animal? Use something that dazzles and dances to lure them in. Next to sex and flattery, there’s nothing…

I hate it when someone needs to say to me, “Let me finish!” because it means I’ve been caught being rude and interruptive. And whenever that happens, it’s because I have been presumptuous, assuming that the only good ideas in the room were mine. Unfortunately, it’s a lesson I keep needing to learn. It’s more…

Everybody needs to feel special. And, to be sure, everyone is special. Unique, in some way or another. Heaven knows, this blog keeps banging away at that very concept. But it needs to be special for a good reason. A useful reason. A noble reason. Not a trumped-up, selfish reason. Let’s take my very personal…

A great idea, right? The notion that every ballot in an election be electronically tagged in such a way that each voter can later follow up to ensure that their ballot was properly counted. How very democratic. How very reassuring. The good folks who brought you fake news, stolen elections, Italian spy satellites and Jewish…