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Reflections on Creativity (Why I write the stories I write)

stephen / April 29, 2014

Even though I’m not as yet a published author, as an amateur writer I certainly have my opinions about writing […]

stephen / May 17, 2008

Watching Zimbabwe politics from this close is interesting. Robert Mugabe has clearly lost the election, but he won’t give up

stephen / April 26, 2008

This came up a while ago and I’ve been thinking about it off and on. How do you define where

stephen / February 6, 2008

Fortune cookies are very much a North American invention. Even though we think of them as being “Chinese Food,” people

stephen / November 20, 2007

Jeremy Rifkin, in his book Age of Access, posits the idea that the commercialization of cultural experiences is the final

stephen / July 26, 2007

The information age was supposed to be the great liberator, making the concept of workplace and even nationality moot. Of

stephen / May 12, 2007

You may not know, you may not care, but ever since 1977, there’s been an ongoing war between Trekkies and

stephen / May 2, 2007

A recent article in my hometown newspaper, the Hamilton Spectator, got me thinking. The article, which was almost laughable in

stephen / April 11, 2007

As long back as I can remember, I’ve had it in my head that I would end up in Africa,

stephen / January 22, 2007

My students can’t begin to grasp just how big the Great Lakes are back home. Korea just doesn’t have any