If you are of a certain age you will recall the days of the banked-track…
Author: Wayne K. Spear
It perhaps goes without needing to be said that persons born and raised here find…
WHENEVER THE TOPIC turns to politics I am thoughtful of this aphorism, written by H.L.…
Very near the moment Halifax Mayor Peter Kelly began reading an apology to former Africville…
A common view among academic writers, and especially writers of the political left, is that…
I am not sure exactly how much money Bill Gates is ‘worth’ as I write…
One of the great frustrations of modern life is its sanctions against rage. For instance:…
The chief attraction of a city for me is the endless variety. There are always…
I was walking along Elgin Street in Ottawa when I saw a woman of about…
Although regarded as extraordinary, homeless persons in general I find are in no way unusual.…
You’ve heard often and perhaps recently that socialism is defeated and that capitalism is therefore…
Here are some general observations of the work that goes on in a modern city.…
During the years 1992-1998 I was a full-time Ph.D. student at Queen’s University at Kingston…
A university graduate, I have endured years of Theory. That is fine, yet were I…
The abrupt 2008 national-stage appearance of Sarah Palin (and more on that presently) gave me…