Monthly Archives: February 2013

Yeah but—Where’s the Justice?

Posted on February 26, 2013 by

Just fresh from a spate of research, having spent several minutes peeling names from a computer data base at the Superior Court of Justice, in Toronto. Got there at nine, thinking I had a fair chunk of work before me … Continue reading →

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Tristan and Isolde

Posted on February 22, 2013 by

Last weekend I went to see Tristan and Isolde at the magnificent Four Seasons Centre in downtown Toronto, performed by the Canadian Opera Company. My sister Kathleen invited me because her friend wasn’t able to attend. Our orchestra seats were ten rows … Continue reading →

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The saga of intellectual revolutionaries

Posted on February 13, 2013 by

(NOTE: TROUBLE WITH FORMATTING THIS POST. SORRY.) Many recent mornings my name has jolted me awake, stamped there on top of an obituary in the Globe & Mail. Coffee, first, but always on the way back from the kitchen I … Continue reading →

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