This isn’t an exhaustive list – l read whodunits and lighthearted novels in the summer in addition to the endless newspapers and magazines – but some time ago I decided that hard cover and paperback books still count. Those pictured above are important and life changing. With the Harari trio I started in the middleContinue reading “Summer Reading”
Tag Archives: politics
Parent, Adult, Child
The child in all of us sometimes expects the adult to put on the brakes. Stop me before I get hurt, it says. The child also looks up to the parent and gets upset when the powerful figure shows feet of clay – and hopes that he will become more circumspect – presidential perhaps. AndContinue reading “Parent, Adult, Child”
RULES FOR REPORTERS
When you are a reporter for the New York Times, BuzzFeed News, CNN, The Los Angeles Times, Politico, the BBC and The Huffington Post and find yourself excluded from a White House Press conference this past Friday, you need help with bullying when it happens again. So I looked online to find some advice: ActContinue reading “RULES FOR REPORTERS”
WAKING UP
It hasn’t been this interesting in a long time. Women on the march – women silenced in the senate – reading letters and legal opinions on Facebook instead of looking at pictures of cats and cute babies – lawyers offering free services at airports. Has there ever been a time since Watergate when people areContinue reading “WAKING UP”
The polical pitch
Canada has a national election coming up. At least one blogger has tried to explain the process to our American friends so I don’t have to do that. We haven’t had an election for some time and we don’t have the same kind of advance campaigning ever before so I want to be informed beforeContinue reading “The polical pitch”