First Bike Ride in Two Years!

Anyone who knows me well knows that one of my favourite activities is to get on two wheels every summer, and then do things like climb Signal Hill nonstop for fun. While I am no athlete, I'm like the turtle combined with the Energizer Bunny (i.e. I don't quit, and I get there eventually). I [...]

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How Can You Understand the News?

It's getting harder and harder to find the truth in the news these days. Some are fairly predictable, like the right-wing Fox News Service, and some are less so. But there are precious few facts in any given news item, there is usually no context nor history, and there is always some sort of spin.
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The Silly Season is Early This Year

For those unfamiliar with the term, Silly Season is part of news media parlance. It refers to the latter part of the summer, and is caused by a reduction in both sales of newspapers and people watching the news media. It is caused by two major factors; a reduction in genuine newsworthy items in [...]

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