I meant to read this book many years ago, but never got around to it. In a way, I am glad of that, as it resonates more, I think, the older you get. I came away acknowledging that the author really deserved his Nobel Prize for Literature. The novel, The General in his Labyrinth is… Continue reading Review of Gabriel Garcia Marquez’, The General in His Labyrinth
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The Day I Brought Down the Canadian Government
In the late 1970s I had been two years active as the head of the Atlantic Provinces Economic Council, ( APEC) an independent think-tank focused on the economic development of the four easternmost Provinces in the country, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland and Labrador. We had published a guidebook to the… Continue reading The Day I Brought Down the Canadian Government
Wyoming: More Ladies, Please
We will remain out of the Union a hundred years, rather than come in without our women [voters]! - Message about Acquiring Statehood from the Wyoming Legislature to the US Congress, 1890. In 1869, The Union Pacific (UP), commonly called ‘the transcontinental railroad’, was about to join up with the Central Pacific Railroad (CPR) in… Continue reading Wyoming: More Ladies, Please
Old Professor by the Sea 