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What happened then?
It seems that Whites will become a minority of Americans by 2045. This demographic reality is fueling the Great Replacement Theory that’s behind rising…
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How many existential crises can one world take?
Last year, global warming shifted from a distant thunder to a run-for-your-lives house fire. Alberta readers take note. This year, AI shifted from a…
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Slightly-cynical singles seek later-life love.
When my wife Jean was doing family medicine, many of her patients were smart, accomplished, kind and financially-secure women over 50 who had given up…
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Up Chuck and Di
That was a rude sign greeting Charles and Diana when they visited Vancouver to open Expo ‘86. I thought it was way over the line. But oh my, how the…
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Precision Persuasion
Saying you recommend rather than like something makes people 32 per cent more likely to take your suggestion. Using the word whom in online dating…
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Wither the Weather?
A friend of mine who spent a year in Leavenworth said: “You can get used to anything.” But getting used to summer sunshine in March one day, followed by…
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A PLAGUE OF INTIMACY
For years we’ve batted away the pleas of Nigerian widows, deposed kings and even Jamie Dimon to hand over our credit cards in return for certain…
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