Another Protest Movement Loses Its Way

June 1, 2012

Following the path of the Occupy movement will lead Quebec’s angry students to the same place: nowhere.

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How Much Gas Is In A Gallon Of Gas?

May 25, 2012

Something else to think about: When the mercury goes up, the amount of fuel in your tank goes down.

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Leading From The Rear On Energy, Again

November 17, 2011

The administration decides to delay a decision on Keystone XL. It’s one more example of leadership-from-the-rear that is taking us nowhere.

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Walls And Fences

Walls And Fences August 16, 2011

Fifty years after Berlin, new walls are monuments to insecurity. The best fences are the ones nobody needs.

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A Place Where Time Stands Still

A Place Where Time Stands Still November 23, 2010

SALMON RIVER, Nova Scotia —In the 48 hours before I sat down to write this column, Facebook announced a plan to make email obsolete; a three-month rally in the financial markets shuddered to at least a temporary halt; and the Beatles finally arrived at the iTunes store. But here, high on a windswept cliff along Nova Scotia’s southwestern coast, time seems to almost stand still. In the tiny fishing village …

Human Flags At The Top Of The World

September 30, 2010

The town of Grise Fiord on Ellesmere Island in Nunavut, Canada, has temperatures below freezing nearly all year. Its Inuit name, Aujuittuq, means “place that never thaws.” But, for around 150 people, Grise Fiord is home. The families that settled Grise Fiord never chose to live in that arctic desert. They were stuck at the top of the world to serve as human flags. Until recently, I had never heard …

Undoing Great Projects Of The Past

September 11, 2009

On June 26, 1959, Queen Elizabeth II and President Dwight D. Eisenhower boarded the Royal Yacht Brittania and floated through the gates of the St. Lawrence Seaway, declaring the series of locks and canals officially open. The seaway, which was jointly financed by the United States and Canada, cost $470 million to build, and the construction took five years to complete. While British explorers never found the Northwest Passage that …

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