If you've indulged in banned substances while in high office, or stolen the pocketable equivalent of a fully loaded Lexus RX 300, how do you restore Canadians' faith in your credibil...
This fall, Britain's Prospect and America's Foreign Policy magazines asked readers to pick their favourite "public intellectual" from a list of 100 world-renowned thinkers....
'When I was a teenager, it used to terrify me when I entered non-Jewish households. No one raised their voices. They talked elegantly and meaningfully about absolutely nothing. With nuan...
After certain publicized remarks he made about women colleagues at a Toronto trade event a few weeks ago, legendary adman Neil French was forced to resign as worldwide creative director for ...
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,...
As soon as Remembrance Day lapel poppies make their annual appearance, wars, old and new, occupy my thoughts. I am especially keen to see the film Jarhead, which tells the story of a U.S. Ma...
Pride and Prejudice, arguably the most-loved novel in English literature, is a magnet for film and TV directors. Understandably: The story of middle-class Elizabeth Bennet and the aristocrat...
Some time after 9/11, on the now defunct CBC TV program counterSpin, a young law student launched a virulent diatribe against America. By a very odd coincidence, at a recent social gathering...
Published: Wednesday, November 30, 2005 MONTREAL - There's a book launch tonight at S...
Archimedes discovered his hydrostatic principle while sloshing about in the tub. I too had my "Eureka!" moment, when I suddenly realized why men throw themselves into their careers...
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...
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...
Christmas Eve I had a dream. In it, the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) struck down the role of Santa Claus as discriminatory because of his twice-checked lists of "bad or good" and ...