Sharing the Wealth
One of the many things I love about my job is having the opportunity to read the letters you so…
From the Editor
Hobby? What Hobby?
Everyone should have a hobby. I was going to tell you who said that, but I’ve done some research and apparently no one did—that is, no one is credited with having coined or popularized the phrase. Yet we’ve all heard…
For What It’s Worth…
A painting by Jean Paul Riopelle, the Montreal-born artist who died in 2002, was sold in May for $7.4 million—an…
Becoming Grandpa
For a great many Canadians, summer begins, however unofficially, on the Victoria Day weekend. Whatever they call it—and the May…
Money? What Money?
Once upon a time, my wife and I were like the vast majority of young parents our age—struggling to keep…
From the Editor: Back to the Past
Having been born in the late 1950s, I was keenly aware in my youth of the Second World War. It…
From the Editor: Merry Christmas!
Contemplating the Christmas ahead of us, I recently commented to my daughter-in-law, “Christmas should be the same every year. It…
Roads Less Travelled
When a friend asked me recently to drive her to the hospital where she was about to begin a stint…
From the Editor: Because We Care
Readers’ responses to the most recent editor’s letter, which objected to the very human but dangerous tendency to create pleasant-sounding…