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Mark Milke: Margaret Thatcher鈥檚 sensible compassion

Mark Milke: Margaret Thatcher鈥檚 sensible compassion

The death of Margaret Thatcher provoked a plethora of analysis and emotion about the late British prime minister.
Comment: Campaign must restore our faith in government

Comment: Campaign must restore our faith in government

The phoney election campaign has finally given way to the real thing and, as voters know well, that means big, glitzy promises.
Love yourself! Go on, I dare you...

Love yourself! Go on, I dare you...

One of the possible side effects of losing 50 odd pounds has been unmerited 眉ber confidence - reverse body dysmorphism of sorts...at least for me. Last Saturday I was walking around like a rockstar...
Spiritual Dyslexia - Confusing God with doG

Spiritual Dyslexia - Confusing God with doG

Begging for scraps, hanging close by our heels, ready to aid us at our beck and call, and waiting anxiously by the kitchen table for a little affection after we return from a hard day鈥檚 work: this obviously describes a dog, but it seems that this is
Comment: Has the time come for a new maritime museum?

Comment: Has the time come for a new maritime museum?

I am pleased to see that discussions are starting to happen regarding the future of Victoria鈥檚 beautiful harbour and some of the under-utilized publicly owned properties that surround it.
Geoff Johnson: Teachers need a new kind of training

Geoff Johnson: Teachers need a new kind of training

Kids in today鈥檚 classrooms with their BlackBerrys, iPods, iPhones, thousands of apps, Google and Wikipedia, Facebook, Twitter, GPS maps and laptop windows on the world are making a new kind of demand on public education and its teachers.
Gordon Laxer: West-to-east pipeline sounds good, but isn鈥檛

Gordon Laxer: West-to-east pipeline sounds good, but isn鈥檛

For years, I was a voice in the wilderness calling for an oil pipeline to bring western oil to eastern Canada. Now that Trans-Canada and Enbridge each have plans to build one, I should be pleased. But I鈥檓 not.
Elizabeth Payne: A made-in-Canada plan for Old Jerusalem

Elizabeth Payne: A made-in-Canada plan for Old Jerusalem

There is a glimmer of hope that the Middle East peace process might not be completely dead. Not only has U.S.
Iain Hunter: In the sludge of despond over sewage

Iain Hunter: In the sludge of despond over sewage

A scientist asked a good question as reported in the July 1896 issue of Scientific American: Why would people bring into their homes 鈥渁 most deadly enemy鈥 in the form of a water closet instead of being content to use an outdoor privy? The enemy has c
Comment: Sessional instructors play a vital role at UVic

Comment: Sessional instructors play a vital role at UVic

The quality of education at the University of Victoria hangs in the balance as hundreds of sessional instructors face mounting layoffs. When a sessional loses his or her job, it means students have lost a course.