Politics and its Discontents

  As a long-time visitor to Cuba, I have an ongoing interest in what happens in the island nation, as well as a deep respect for the resilie...

Although the Toronto Star is my newspaper of choice, there are times when I strongly disagree with its content. Recently, its most prolifi...

I want to tell you a story. It is a story I wish I didn't have to tell, given its sordid nature, and it is one that reflects badly on ...

We are heading off for an inexpensive week in Cuba. It really pays to travel before high season kicks in. I'll be back at the computer...

Readers of this blog will know that I have a special affection for Cuba, having visited it many times and gotten to know, to some extent, th...

Since we first visited the island in 2010, my wife and I have developed a deep respect and affection for Cuba and its people. As I have indi...

Time to head back to our favourite island before it is infiltrated by the Americans . See you in about a week.

It was with some surprise that Canadians finally saw something positive emerge from the always suspicious and hateful Harper regime: its f...

We'll be away for a week due to our Vitamin D-deprived lives. Cuba beckoned. The price was right. See you soon.

January 23, 2013: In a previous post , I compared and contrasted Cuba and Canada in terms of the opportunities for achieving one'...

The following is one of several pieces I wrote on my Blackberry Playbook while on a recent holiday in Cuba. Because Internet access and...

There won't be any new blog posts for the next two weeks as we begin our annual hegira to Cuba, where the climate and the people of...

I suppose I might feel differently about Omar Khadr if I hadn't read a particular book, A Long Way Gone , by Ishmael Beah. It provided i...

As someone who is a regular visitor to Cuba and has seen both the good and bad of its society through friends that we visit there, I know th...

I have a confession to make. Since January of 2010, my wife and I have visited Cuba four times. So what, one might ask? Cuba has always be...

Part Three of the program on Cuba, dealing with the country's medical diplomacy, can be accessed by clicking on the above title.

Part Two of the Cuba report highlighting the role of preventative medicine can be accessed by clicking on the above title.

Having visited Cuba twice in 2010, my wife and I have developed quite an interest in and affection for the people. Warm and gracious, they ...