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World Cup 2010 Thoughts

Sunday, July 11th, 2010

Now that it’s over, and Spain has emerged triumphantly, I have to say I’ve thoroughly enjoyed watching the 2010 World Cup. FIFA, despite its obvious luddite, technological shortcomings, have put on a great show. Of course being half-Italian, and with Italy being the team I cheer on, it was a disappointing tournament at the beginning, […]

Appreciating Canada for what it is

Thursday, July 1st, 2010

My last post outlined my view on nationalism, and how much I think it should be kept to a healthy level. Expanding on that, here’s how I celebrate being Canadian. I try to avoid being too extreme about it, but I feel very lucky to have been born in this country. My parents came here […]

Nationalism - Just another extremism

Thursday, June 24th, 2010

“Il n y aucun lien entre le sang et la terre.”
-Jean Chrétien
The above is one of my favourite quotes from, easily, my favourite Canadian political figure of all time. As both La Fête Nationale du Québec and Canada Day are upon us, I just thought I’d throw it out there again. Chrétien was one […]

The Truth About Cars

Saturday, December 19th, 2009

Recently, most of my focus has been to write about cars for TheTruthAboutCars.com. The subject was something I felt passionate about, and the former editor, Robert Farago, was excellent. Most of the copy I’d send would be morphed into delicious prose by his finger tips. Farago brought a contrarian, independent mind to the internet automotive […]