The perpetual fascination with Robin Hood
The bawdy, brutal outlaw of the original ballads doesn’t fit with the noble figure of popular mid-20th-century presentations…
How compassion makes businesses money
Companies organized around values such as love, generosity and endearment have significantly greater stock market returns…
The past isn’t a script set down in stone
Vandalizing public spaces under the delusion that such acts make yesterday a better today is sad-sack politics that fosters democratic weakness…
At 90, Thomas Sowell remains one of a kind
As a libertarian conservative, he’s a minority in the economics profession. Stir in the fact that he’s Black and you get a rare bird indeed…
Was Beethoven Black?
A Twitter meme reveals more about race and music than the composer’s origins. Social media trend is a new twist on a century-old question…
Olivia de Havilland was more than an actress
She played two off-screen roles that took courage and independence. She was, to put it simply, a woman of genuine substance.…
The Congo’s great liberation turned into abject failure
How great plans quickly descended into decades of dictatorship, corruption, kleptocracy and violence…
Why some people are immune from scandal – until they’re not
Media play a role in determining whether bad behaviour makes public figures fall from grace, say management experts…
Double Indemnity still a great movie 76 years later
Corruption is rife and there’s no safe space for the naïve or the credulous. The noir world isn’t a beautiful place…
CRTC lacks perspective on vital telecom industry
When making daunting decisions, having people who have experience in industries under discussion is invaluable…