University Canada West- 181 Conestoga College employees laid off ahead of the holidays - CBC December 18, 2025
- B.C. allocates one-third of international undergraduate seats to private institutions. Here's why that matters - vancouversun.com November 14, 2025
- B.C. student sues his teachers over plagiarism, judge strikes case - biv.com November 13, 2025
- Costly Fumbles by a BC College Left Me Stuck, Student Claims - thetyee.ca November 3, 2025
- University Canada West - UCW Professor Dr. Jafar Heydari Named Among the World's Top 2% Scientists - Education News Canada September 23, 2025
- University Canada West - Dr. Stacie Chappell joins UCW as Dean, School of Management and Business - Education News Canada September 2, 2025
- The rise, fall and rise again of Peter Chung’s private-school empire - vancouversun.com August 22, 2025
- Scenes From Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada - ladailypost.com August 7, 2025
- Social Media Policy
- Ex-ESPN star battles on social media after saying Falcons fans she knows are quizzical of head coach hire - Fox News January 25, 2026
- Yankees Social Media Spotlight: Belli’s Back - Pinstripe Alley January 25, 2026
- Yankees Social Media Spotlight: Belli’s Back - Yahoo Sports January 25, 2026
- France set to fast track under-15s social media ban - France 24 January 25, 2026
- Elle Duncan Gets Crushed On Social Media For Yapping Through Alex Honnold Climb - OutKick January 25, 2026
- Social media reacts as Alex Honnold climbs Taipei 101 skyscraper - Mashable January 25, 2026
- Macron pushes fast-track ban on social media for under-15s ahead of MPs debate - RFI January 25, 2026
- Social media addiction's surprising challenger? Anti-doomscrolling influencers - lexch.com January 25, 2026
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So, you think you can’t write …
Dana Fontein, a fine blog writer over at Hootsuite, posted a really helpful piece this morning, “So You Think You Can’t Write: 8 Writing Resources for Non-Writers.” Many believe that they simply cannot write, or that they aren’t a “writer,” when … Continue reading
Thank you *very* much
The acknowledgments page to B. M. Pietsch’s book Dispensational Modernism is very funny: I blame all of you. Writing this book has been an exercise in sustained suffering. The casual reader may, perhaps, exempt herself from excessive guilt, but for … Continue reading
The angry period. When texting.
Writes Clair Landsbaum in complex.com: It’s much easier to be aggressive over text because you’re not face-to-face with the person you’re talking to, and people are finding new ways to express that aggression via the humble period. A new study … Continue reading
Independent Creativity: Making Yourself Successful
The wonderful Molly Crabapple explains what she has learned, in fifteen paragraphs. Here are a half dozen: Companies are not loyal to you. Please never believe a company has your back. They are amoral by design and will discard you at a … Continue reading
The Work of Molly Crabapple
Molly Crabapple‘s only peer as an illustrator / artist / journalist is the great Joe Sacco. The tone of their work is very different, though. Whereas Sacco’s reporting is dispassionate and ironic, Crabapple’s is emotional and argumentative. Sacco’s art – black … Continue reading
“The Franklin Effect”
Benjamin Franklin wrote his autobiography, “Enemies who do you one favor will want to do more.” He illustrated the maxim with a story: A political adversary had been lambasting Franklin in public speeches. Franklin knew that this person was very proud … Continue reading
A Generation of Mentors
It’s hard for me to re-read KPMG‘s October report “BC Junior Mining at a Crossroads,” commissioned by the BC Securities Commission, without feeling not just loss but what will be lost. The report’s findings echo the lamentations of my friends … Continue reading
The Art of Scolding
In 1987 I promoted a story about “Secular Organizations for Sobriety” [SOS] that appeared in the Buffalo News. SOS was one of those secular humanist initiatives promulgated by Paul Kurtz’s publishing enterprises out of Buffalo, in this case “Free Inquiry,” … Continue reading
It’s Usually Not Mother’s Day
Are there any people other than mothers who ever truly know that they have been the most important person in the life of someone else? I like this question, and ask some variant of it in most of my professional … Continue reading
Complex Communications Solutions vs. Perhaps a Simpler One
From Paul Constant in The Stranger today: Chris DeRose published an article at Business Insider addressing the fact that McDonald’s is failing at customer service, with a vice president of the company openly talking about the “rude or unprofessional employees” … Continue reading