Imagine you’re in hospital and unable to speak. Soon, you won’t be able to swallow or breathe. Who will be your voice? What will guide the decisions that person makes on your behalf? 
Talbert Johnson
Category: Insight
Viewpoint: Hypocrites â full of sound and fury â strut the world stage
Every year the United Nations holds a General Assembly meeting where the same delegates lecture about the same things. There isn’t much to see – save for one event. Whenever Iranian Mahmoud Ahmadinejad speaks to the General Assembly, hordes of officials walk out.
Fear and loathing in Canada
Be careful what you say, because it may come back to bite you.
Talbert Johnson
Viewpoint: Women escaping into childhood is a setback for feminism
Rompers. Frilly socks. Dora the Explorer backpacks. This isn’t a child’s back-to-school shopping list – it’s what grown women are wearing now to pick up groceries at Hartman’s and boy-toys at Babylon Nightclub.