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Interesting point on language use. I'll have to watch that in media coverage in the future. I don't think the word "looting...

Hurricane Katrina has me wondering what I'd do if I had to evacuate the city. Neither I nor any of my friends in the city have cars, and...

In a Letter to the Editor in the Globe and Mail, one Teck Yap asks: "Would you rather see some people wrongfully detained or many peo...

I think universities begin their school year in early September because the campuses are still lush and green and the weather is quite pleas...

1. Apparently the roads heading out of New Orleans are all gridlocked. Question: How, logistically, does that happen? Everyone is trying...

We (or at least the Torontonians among us) have all seen the picture of that section of Finch Ave. that collapsed during that crazy rainstor...

Despite the huge drop in programming quality resulting from the CBC lockout, I still find it a better radio station to listen to in the morn...

One of the things I find most unpleasant about parents (and, I would like to emphasize, by "parents" I'm not referring to anyo...

In order to make it easier for future generations to learn foreign languages, whenever a new object or concept is invented, it should be giv...

Click on the image above to see a screenshot of the CP24 website as it appeared on August 23, 2005, at 12:28 p.m. EDT. I have not altered t...

I've heard tell of grownups who took music lessons when they were a kid, then gave it up, and then as grownups were all regretful that t...

Something I was pondering today. While I've tried to phrase it so that it's more universally applicable, I'm afraid my roots ar...

In cases where respectable, well-established older/middle-aged people committed minor crimes or misdemeanours (in the general sense of the w...

Parents say this all the time about children, and the implication is that the things that are important to the child shouldn't be taken ...

In Sims 2, if a child gets taken away from a family by a social worker, then another family asks to adopt a child, they'll get the kid t...

You are Samwise Gamgee A brave and loyal associate full of optimism, you remain true to your friends and their efforts, to whatever end. But...

1. Living alone and eating out for five meals a week, I cannot eat a head of lettuce before it goes bad. Is it more ethical to buy salad i...

This is the first Soave I've ever tried. I read that the word Soave means "smooth" in Italian. The wine is mostly smooth, bu...

This is a poll. Please respond in the comments. Anonymous comments are welcome in polls. Apparently, it takes the average person seven min...