Where's the Omelette?

 September 28, 2021 |Mark Ryan
The problem with the Chinese market, or any market, is when it isn’t one. By 1978, China’s determined effort at egalitarianism had resulted in tens of millions victims, all equally dead. Faced with starvation, farmers in the tiny village of Xiaogang gathered...
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Men in Tights

 September 21, 2021 |Mark Ryan
Happy election day. At the final whistle of my first official soccer game, the goaltender on my own team must have felt threatened by the new kid. He stormed over, unprovoked, and tried to bump me to the ground, announcing: “I knocked the wind out a guy...
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Cat's in the Cradle

 September 14, 2021 |Mark Ryan
By October 1, 1988, Justin Trudeau’s daddy had been PM for 13 of the boy’s 16 years. Reagan was US president, Thatcher was the UK Prime Minister, and on that very day Gorbachev was sworn in as the Soviet head of state. Prime Minister Brian Mulroney called...
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Look up. Look wayyyyyyy up.

 September 08, 2021 |Mark Ryan
Good afternoon. The federal election is 17 days away, as the parties fall over themselves spending and getting up in our business. This week, our crack team at head office compiled a synopsis of major party platforms, which – if I’m honest – just made...
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