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Nobody knows what China's true intentions are because (get ready for this) it is a 'closed' society with no history of democracy or a Free Press. I, for one, have stood aghast while Western companies trip over themselves to open plants in China - all with 'partnerships,' of course. With...

Now I am a 'lefty.":D Well, yes, I do write with my left hand.

Can we rely on a .85 dollar? Although the oil bubble appears to have burst, we won't see the return to $30 oil. I would think that a .90+ $C will be the new reality. Can Ontario's film industry be competitive in that environment? More and more, I notice Vancouver is becoming Hollywood North...

PSSST: I grew up in Vancouver, too. We lived on the corner of Dundas/Naniamo, although our house was torn down a long time ago and replaced with a stucco nightmare. Vancouver has its ugly suburbs like every other city. When I went to visit my aunt in Coquitlam (she lived across the...

Oh, PUHLEASE, I endured 4 years of demolition while Wellelsey hospital was torn down, including their working on Canada Day. How about the gawdawful BEEP-BEEP-BEEP of a power shovel being backed off a float at 4 a.m.? Who you gonna call? Like Kyle Rae returns his calls.:rolleyes: I...

Now that the oil bubble has burst, we must hold our breath and hope it doesn't burst the real estate bubble, too. Watching CNBC tonight, it was said that the price of oil dropping as much as it has in the past month has injected $250 billion into the American economy - and has possibly staved...

Maybe the Chinese finally figured out that the reason the U.S. 'won' the Cold War is because the Americans were able to spend the Russian economy into ruin. Considering the U.S. spends more on its military than the next 4 largest economies combined, the only way the Chinese can ever hope to...

None of that matters if the money pipeline is drying up - and it is drying up. Lenders who would turn a blind eye to a couple R9s on a credit report a year ago won't touch that person today. What if, say, 10% (and yes, I am pulling this number out of my ass) of the people who had plunked...

Excellent point. I always make a point of travelling off the beaten path when I travel, whether abroad or in Canada. How many people on this board have bothered to visit Moosenee or Miluakee? There's lots to be said about mingling with the natives, as opposed to the bellhops and porters...

This just proves that Council has no clue what it takes to run a business. In my 11 years of owning 2 retail stores, I would maybe get 1 or 2 requests a month to use the washroom. We were able to incorporate a public washroom (one only - who the hell needs 'his' and 'hers' these days?) into...

Allergy to caffeine? For a lot of years, I would actually get 'stoned' off coffee. In younger days, we would go to a coffee house before partying on a Saturday night and having one coffee would have been the equivalent of a 'yellow jacket' or 'bennie' for me. I guess over the years, I have...

The traffic seems encouraging, but I would speculate a lot of people present are nervous sellers wanting to check out the competition. I have a few friends (including myself, actually) that are constantly sampling the MLS and others to see if prices are dropping or listings increasing...

I say extend the Spadina Expressway straight through it. That'll fix 'em.

My favorite nihilistic argument. All forward momentum must stop because 'we' have commited atrocities in the past; therefore, we must commit cultural/political suicide. There has never been a time in known history that an entire Civilization has bent over and taken it up the a$s like the...

I guess it depends on whether one actually likes the 'taste' of coffee or not. I originally started drinking coffee about 15 years ago (already into my '30s) just for the kick of caffeine. I would have to drown it in cream and sugar to make it pallatable. Starbucks coffee may very well be...

I commend both of you on your parenting skills. Sadly, I believe yours is in the minority. In a previous life I ran 2 video stores for over a decade. The horror stories I could tell! Parents would often let the kids run amok in our aisles while they were browsing. We set up a castle and...

Many economists will point to successes in states like Japan, Taiwan and others where their economies were based on exporting cheap manufactured goods and now those countries have joined the 'developed' economies of the world. Those economists feel that by offshoring our jobs to emerging...

Your entrance thru the Pearly Gates is assured, and after raising twins, if you end up 'down there' I am sure that won't frighten you! You would probably look forward to the rest by the fire!:D

Obviously, that is the problem: true art is controversial and open to interpretation. One person's treasured bust of Elvis is another person's trash, so to speak. There is no way you can get any kind of consensus on this issue. But there are examples all around us of 'art' that is successful...

Inglis, Electrohome, Westinghouse...these and many more were factories located in and around Toronto - all gone. These were high paying jobs, manufacturing value added hard goods to be shipped all over North America...gone. Now, so-called experts would have us believe that we are all going to...