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Pain-free treatment for your semicolon
10 August 2018

How much does it really matter if you misuse something as tiny as a semicolon? The answer: a lot. It matters a lot. In fact, as discussed in the last article, thinker and storyteller Malcolm Gladwell points out that the misuse of the semicolon…

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For want of a semicolon
10 August 2018

Could a semicolon change the composition of the American government? Malcolm Gladwell may be one of the smartest people on the planet. Gladwell is a journalist, thinker writer and social commentator who has written best-selling books on psycho-social issues such as what…

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It's not just cricket
05 April 2018

I learned this morning of the unexpected and shocking death of a friend. Maggie was absurdly young to die. When we last saw her, in Toronto over Christmas 2016, she was a picture of health. She regaled us with tales of…

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“It’s gonna cost ya”
15 January 2018

It’s 18 years since the release of Pretty Woman, the movie that shot Julia Roberts to superstardom. George H. W. Bush was President, Kevin Costner was the flavour of the month (in an early scene, Field of Dreams is playing in a Hollywood…

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