As we approach the summer solstice in the Western/Northern Hemisphere – the longest day of the year – many of us are thinking about well-deserved holidays, a chance to relax a bit, and even if not...
Recently, several countries, including Canada, held national elections. We also have entered the annual graduation season, when students have completed their studies and cross a stage to receive...
For years I considered myself an early adopter of new technology and innovations. While I still wrote my undergraduate papers on a typewriter, I already used one of the first desktop computers and...
Recently I have been thinking about the continued relevance of Nobel Laureate writer Gabriel Garcia Marquez’ great works – One Hundred Years of Solitude (1967) and Love in the Time of Cholera (1985...
Between January bouts of arctic vortexes and distressing politics or natural events around us, it is sometimes difficult to fend off winter blues. Holiday breaks – especially this year – are too...