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I have a confession: sometimes I cry during the Olympics.

“Triple ‘E’ senate, or else.” (Retired Senator Bert Brown’s maxim in his barley field).

Like most newly married couples, in our first year of marriage, my wife and I made many adjustments to our lifestyles, in order to accommodate the other person.

American entertainer George M. Cohan, known as “the man who owned Broadway,” knew how to rescue an inferior piece that might not go over with an audience. Quoth Cohan, “Many a bum show has been saved by the flag.

Inevitably our lives are painfully interrupted with grief when someone close to us passes away. Death is a topic we avoid, an event we fear, yet a reality we each will experience.

As a society, we Canadians are known for our politeness, kindness and acceptance of others. It is not uncommon for us to let someone go ahead of us in any form of lineup, be it at the grocery store, at the movies or at an all-you-care-to-eat buffet.

Tax-filing season, everybody’s favourite time of year, is once again upon us in Canada.

Could Canada ever become a global leader? Should it strive to do so? Why are our political elites so transfixed by this ideal, this Pearsonian theme? And would becoming a global leader truly improve the lives of Canadians? Every so often the call is

Paula Simons’ excellent article Fences can’t fix a mental-health crisis in the January 21 issue of the Edmonton Journal addresses the issue of suicide among victims of mental health and Edmonton’s High Level Bridge as a vehicle for

The Winter Olympics are soon to be upon us. When they open in Sochi, Russia, we will hopefully turn our attention to the athletes and should turn our backs on the politics of boycotts that have been stoked by President Barack Obama.