Free speech, my foot! Part II
So PEN has elevated Charlie Hebdo to the status of poster boy in its campaign to promote freedom of expression around the globe! This is disingenuous at best, dangerous at worst. It is disingenuous because freedom of expression in Western societies is under a far more...
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We all have to deal with change. For most people, there is no great necessity to adapt to many of the changes that confront them, because the changes affect only themselves and they can choose to by-pass the changes that they don’t fancy and stick with the changes...
read moreFree speech, my foot! Part I
The wave of public emotion that has washed over Europe since the murder of the cartoonists at Charlie Hebdo is generous in its indirect support of the victims even if that has not been what the placards and slogans are proclaiming. Instead, the demonstrations and...
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We're told twice weekly that Canada has an alarming "innovation deficit" – and it is probably true, but it's not quite as simple as it seems. There is no shortage of creativity among our researchers and thinkers; there is even plenty of creativity among employees in...
read moreSo what, exactly, is entrepreneurship?
This word means so many different things to different people that its real meaning has long since been buried. To some people, entrepreneurial means innovative and bold; to others it means shady and probably illegal; to still others, it means high-risk and likely to...
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