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LAST MONTH’S spectacular and decisive presidential election victory by Donald Trump—a self-styled benevolent ‘dictator’ swept to power with an unequivocal mandate from U.S. voters—has become what can only be described as a political tsunami for left-leaning observers....
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THIS MONTH’S ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN launched by car-maker Jaguar Land Rover is among the most socially inept of modern times. Nonetheless, the 30-second advert still succeeds in exhorting us to ‘copy nothing,’ something that is a longstanding principle of innovation and...
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HALLOWEEN IS A TIME of ghouls and goblins; and, at the University of Toronto, it’s a perfect opportunity for academics to cavort in dress-up as cadavers across the campus. My own thoughts tend towards Michael Jackson’s era-defining 1983 hit video, Thriller. Read on...
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MOTIVATION is a fascinating concept. Lately, I’ve spent quite a bit of time contemplating what exactly it is that drives people—myself in particular—and spurs us to rise phoenix-like from the embers of past disappointments, able to face each new day kindled with...
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NOW THAT THE FIRST MONTH of the Fall term at our esteemed, taxpayer-funded universities has come to a close, if you are one of the many proud parents of young freshmen—I refuse to say freshwomen; and freshpeople are right out—you might be wondering how life is...
