Dante in Denver (11/02) -- In an homage to Signor Alighieri's trek through hell, I find myself pondering the state of digital identity in the wake of Digital Identity World 2002. (9,300 words)

Going Faster: But Where (07/01) -- The future will unfold in response to short-term obstacles and needs. We're going blindly into the unknown, very fast. (1,300 words)

Brand Canada or 'Branded' Canadian (06/01) -- Piece in Policy Options about the Canadian character as a brand and its implications on selling Canadian goods, services, and human resources. (3,200 words)

Lining Up for the Anti-Globalization Conga -- Part I (04/01) -- Anti-globalization as typified by Seattle and Quebec City are unconstructive. Economics and history conspire against it. (1,300 words)

Air Canada Can Save Us (02/01) -- We're too fat; Air Canada is mismanaged and in receivership. I think there's one solution to both problems. (750 words)

Social Aspects of Shopping (02/01) -- We are social creatures. All the conveniences and benefits of the online world are missing that key element. To permeate society fully the virtual world needs a stronger social aspect. (900 words)

Toward a New Employment Contract for the Knowledge Economy (01/01) -- Capitalist enterprise and labour need to work together to keep human intellectual capital at home in Canada. That entails providing opportunities and paying better than elsewhere. (3,300 words)

Suitably Short-Sighted (01/01) -- Short-term reporting, immediate gratification, and a gap between word and action are incompatible with the long-term human story. (800 words)

Change of Biblical Proportions (11/00) -- Twentieth-century technological development is change of Biblical proportion. Here's why. (900 words)

Sacrificing a Sacred Cow (11/00) -- Sacred cows, like Canadian Health Care, ought to be eaten and not sacrificed on the election altar. It shouldn't be the "weather" of Election 2000. (1,000 words)

He Was What He Was (1992) -- My friend Warren was an original soul who died too early. We were going to save the world. Here's my thanks to him for being who he was. (1,500 words)

The Demise of Unpopular Aspects of Popular Religion: Out Out Damn Smoke (1992) -- What if the smell of incense bothered people attending church in the same way cigarette smoke in public places has? (1,800 words)

Building Memories (1992) -- I grew up in a small town. It was a living town in every sense of the word, and this piece attempts to show how the town affected everyone's life. (2,700 words)

Doggy Do Dos (1992) -- Training a dog? There are certain do's and some don't's. Here are the most important although not the only ones you'll have to know before you buy. (1,750 words)

The (Latch)Key of Life (1992) -- What's all this about latchkey kids and their problems? I was a prototypical latchkey kid and it doesn't seem to have been too bad for me. (1,900 words)