I forgot to call my brother this week to congratulate him on his 60th birthday. Well, that’s what I tell myself. Did I really forget?...

My wife and I are in the midst of an interesting, educational, and highly entertaining conversation with our daughter. She'd like an...

So… you've arrived! You're now officially part of the big game. What happens next is entirely up to you. It really is! Grade 9 can be...

Risk is a board game I played regularly many moons ago. The objective of the game, in short, is world domination. It's a game of...

IF you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you, If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,...

What follows is the text of a presentation I made last October to a group of Heads at a large-schools conference in Virginia Beach,...

I woke up last night with unusual clarity in recall of a dream. No dancing sugar plums, I promise. Be warned, though. This one's out...

It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done...

About four weeks ago, I was having dinner with a good friend at a wonderful Italian restaurant in Vancouver. Conversation being what it...

I don't read fiction. The experience was spoiled for me 30 years ago when, as an English major, I was tasked with dissecting and...

If you did not attend the awards dinner at last year's Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada conference in Toronto, you may...

Walter Isaacson Late last night, I finished reading Walter Isaacson’s new biography of Steve Jobs. Let me cut to the finish line right...

George Anders I picked up two books on Thursday evening. The first, by George Anders, is a good read. Started it yesterday and was...

Al Kaltman This is one of many books I’ve picked up over the years but hadn’t gotten around to reading. A deceptively easy read, this...

Gregory Zuckerman Just before 2:00 this morning, I finished and closed this book by Gregory Zuckerman. A real page-turner. Lots to think...

If you’re itching for a ‘think’, step forward. We’re about to take a bit of a stroll around the barn, but there is a point to it, so...