The Intersection of Faith and Culture
The recent Maclean’s article entitled “The Future of Jobs in Canada – Why Canada doesn’t work“ by Chris Sorensen helpfully described the future of employment in Canada, but in doing so it reminded me of a well-known issue that all developed societies face: that education and the workforce do not correlate as […]
[ Tim ] I hate my friends — especially the ones who go to Hawaii and post half-naked photos of themselves lying on sunny beaches drinking pina coladas. I want to be in Hawaii too. Facebook should have an option for new parents to block out all the fun and […]
James Franco stars as Oscar Diggs (Oz) in Disney’s new movie Oz the Great and Powerful. The film represents a prequel to the original Warner Brothers film The Wizard of Oz (1939) starring Judy Garland. I was privileged to view the film with a member of the visual effects team, and without being too […]
I’d like you to meet my friend. I haven’t seen her for a while now; she tends to come and go as she pleases. Every so often she will drop in, stay a while, and leave when she thinks she’s kept me company for long enough. Whenever she’s around, my […]
Stove Pain versus Bicycle Pain If a child touches a hot stove and burns his hand, he learns not to touch the stove again. That’s simple wisdom, right? But what would happen if children took the same lesson from every conflict? The first time they fell while trying to learn […]
There’s a new pope in town. White smoke rose from the Conclave at 7:07 p.m. local time in Rome, signaling the selection of a new leader to the 1.2 billion Catholics around the world. At 8:12, Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina was introduced as Pope Francis the First. “We’re […]
