Tuesday, November 13, 2012 The anniversary of the first launch of the Canadarm 31 years ago is being celebrated on Google.ca with a doodle. BLOG POSTS | Hina P. Ansari: We've All Met Men Like David Petraeus Could it be that David Petraeus, the ex-CIA director caught having an affair with his biographer, Paula Broadwell, fed her lines about his marriage falling apart, another example of a mid-life crisis, and the usual song and dance that a man who is entertaining the thought of having someone on the side usually delivers? Maybe it's our age but myself and many of my similarly aged single friends -- for one reason or another -- seem to attract more married men than single ones. And they all have their tweaked well-rehearsed stories, which they dole out, in the hopes of finding someone who believes them. | | Alexis Sciuk: Why Calling it "Rape" Matters In advancing women's sexual rights in Canada we have made a critical error. We have deleted the word rape in public discourse and done a disservice to society as a result. I believe society has a case of disassociation when it comes to the term "sexual assault." It is problematic when ten people give you ten different definitions of a crime. I want details. I want specifics and I want the word rape brought back into the lexicon of everyday discussions. | | Craig and Marc Kielburger: Real-World Fixes to First-World Problems Last month, we came clean and admitted that yes, we have First-World problems. Of course we're not alone. Aside from the #firstworldproblem ubiquity on Twitter, we've gotten plenty of unsolicited advice for this Real World Fixes column -- our attempt to insert some perspective into the trivial complaints of the privileged. | | Andy Nulman: Always Strive for the 100% Solution With all due respect to Sherlock Holmes and his Seven-Per-Cent Solution, I'm banging the drum for upping the ante to The 100% Solution. In a nutshell, everything we do should be focused on converting every visitor into a customer. | | Lionel Tiger: An Ode to the Man Who Fathered CSIS Robert Kaplan who had been Solicitor General and a Liberal MP for years passed on last week. I met him first in 1958 can you believe it when we were among a group of students at a World University Service of Canada seminar in West Africa. | | MOST POPULAR ON HUFFINGTONPOST.CA |
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