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The low-carb revolution meets its end (National Post, August 3, 2005)

  • August 3, 2005
Lo, how the mighty hath fallen. Can it really be true? I have just read that the Atkins Diet empire has crumbled. They've declared bankruptcy. I imagine all the sugar industry executives in America ar...
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The misguided march of the 'quirkyalones' (National Post, September 14, 2005)

  • September 14, 2005
Have you seen March of the Penguins?The film chronicles Antarctica's Emperor penguins on their multiple annual 70-mile treks from feeding to breeding grounds. They suffer astonishing privations in ord...
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The myth of Israeli 'apartheid' (National Post, February 2, 2005)

  • February 2, 2005
  It's little wonder that Palestinian terrorists have agreed to stop attacking Israel at the urging of newly elected Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. They have no choice: Isr...
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The news was his muse (National Post, January 5, 2005)

  • January 5, 2005
Two days after the Boxing Day monster tsunamis struck, 125 Russians leaped at the opportunity to purchase "disaster discount" tickets to Thailand for a beach holiday. I AM NOT MAKING...
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The wrong town for bargain hunting (National Post, March 09, 2005)

  • March 9, 2005
NEW YORK - We were to go to Hollywood Beach for our annual week of winter respite. But I had been housebound with flu for two weeks. Instead of boring sunshine, I needed cultural liveliness, and propo...
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This time, I'm not the mom (National Post, November 3, 2005)

  • November 3, 2005
Ronny comes home from a walk with Polo, and indignantly reports that a neighbour has asked him, "Aren't you a little old for a new puppy?" I agree with my husband that this is,...
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Three women, three eras (National Post, September 28, 2005)

  • September 28, 2005
To earn their keep, all I ever ask of royals or their Canadian surrogates is to make me feel honoured in their presence. I do not take a G-G's measure from the stirring kitsch of an installation speec...
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Two choices, both bad (National Post, December 14, 2005)

  • December 14, 2005
Two choices, both bad Barbara Kay, National Post Published: Wednesday, December 14, 2005 MONTREAL - It isn't news that the Bloc Quebecois will sweep Q...
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Understanding Bellow's masterpiece (National Post, April 13, 2005)

  • April 13, 2005
In idle moments, I write limericks about famous writers. The challenge is to capture the broad strokes in four short lines. When Saul Bellow died last week at the age of 89, I pulled up his:Noble Saul...
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Warm and fuzzy makes Johnny dim (National Post, February 16, 2005)

  • February 16, 2005
A sensational news item out of Toronto this month reports a "rising tide of parental rage." Parents are swearing at teachers in front of children, mouthing off at the school secretary or even launchin...
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Welcome home, Mrs. Mortimer (National Post, June 08, 2005)

  • June 8, 2005
Summer reading lists are sprouting in the weekend newspapers. Everything sounds beguiling, so how does one choose? I'm sometimes lucky judging books by their cover. For example, my latest purchase, ir...
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What would Joseph do? (National Post, December 21, 2005)

  • December 21, 2005
Goethe once mused, "This natural story is highly amiable; only it seems too short, and one is tempted to carry it out in all its details." By "this natural story," Go...
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Where are the women? (National Post, March 16, 2005)

  • March 16, 2005
Last Sunday, Maureen Dowd lamented the dearth of women on the opinion pages of America's newspapers. She herself is the only female op-ed columnist at The New York Times. The...
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