Learning for life is hard to come by
We start to learn from the day we’re born. Every day after that, we continue to learn. We acquire language and social behaviour subconsciously as…
Sarah Cohen
It’s never a bored-game
Imagine the heart racing, intense eye-contact-making thrill of hearty competition, sitting around a table stacked with board games. I know you’ve felt that before. I…
Supercars and inflated egos
I’ve been to a number of car shows and car meets across Southern California. While I didn’t go by choice, I’ve found that there is…
The joy of Chrismukkah
Chrismukkah. The intersection of Christmas and Hanukkah. Few people get more than one aspect of the holiday season. I am one of them. As a…
Colonizing outer space ignores problems on Earth
The promotional video for NASA’s Artemis I mission depicts a return to the moon as being about learning how to live on other planets, in…
CAN you get out of U.S. politics?
I’ve noticed how invested Canadians are in U.S. politics, and how that investment has turned to involvement. I have a foot in both camps. I…
Plans are not set in stone
I think that that most of us reading this are at the age where we feel like we are doing what we think we need…
Welcome to the future?
Imagine you wake up in the heat of summer. Beyond the city walls it is over 40 degrees, with sandstorms raging. But you get out…
The demise of Kanye West
In mid-October, I wrote an article about a tweet posted by known rapper and influencer Kanye West, now legally known as Ye. The tweet in…
Suffering for life
As a former U.S. student, I am lucky enough to have never had the experience of hiding in the back corner of a classroom, trembling…