It’s not often that strangers initiate conversations with one another in the big city. It happens a few times now and then, though, and I was in just one such spontaneous conversation on the subway the other day. I was reading (and still am reading) the book The Millionaire Mind. It’s a great book, by [...]
It is interesting being at the confluence of two incredibly proud cultures that both see themselves as being the centre of the world yet living a little bit removed from both. Being Canadian and being Chinese, I am very aware of the influence of both Chinese and American cultures. Both are very proud, and both [...]
Peace is not something you can capture on a t-shirt and it isn’t something anyone can decree – not unless they impose themselves on others by force, and imposed peace is not peace in the truest sense. I passed by a young man on the street todaywith a t-shirt saying “No War. Peace.” It reminded [...]
President Obama’s campaign was a gamechanger. It was a campaign built on a platform of hope, positive change, and genuine public involvement. For the first time in what felt like – and perhaps actually was – decades, a Presidential campaign stoked the hearts and minds of people everywhere. It is for that reason that many [...]
“War is a matter of vital importance to the State; the province of life or death; the road to survival or ruin. It is mandatory that it be thoroughly studied.” – Sun Tzu War has always been a part of human history, and utopian dreams aside, always will be. Sometimes wars are just and necessary, [...]
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