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Professional wrestling – think Hulk Hogan, The Rock, WWE – is a fake sport, to be sure. The WWE likes to call its “sports entertainment.” Honestly, there’s really no other way to describe a sport where the results are all predetermined. But that doesn’t necessarily mean that what happens in … Read More
There are several reasons to visit Chicago, but foremost is the feeling. Chicago feels like a specific place; it resists the generic world. “I adore Chicago. It is the pulse of America,” Sarah Bernhardt said long ago, and the actress’s words are still used today on the side of the … Read More
Summer is finally here. Almost. Time to get your summer playlist in order. And while I probably don’t have to remind you to include a little BTO in there, along with the requisite Tragically Hip hits, it’s worth remembering a couple other CanCon stalwarts that you might’ve forgotten about. Whether … Read More
We are several months into the new US Administration led by President Donald Trump and it has been anything but business as usual. Each day brings tweets, suggestions of scandal, press conferences that leave reporters trying to make sense of answers and just general confusion all round. Nobody would blame … Read More
2017’s already looking like it could be the year you save even more time and money using apps, and you may have Israeli Uri Levine to thank for it. Levine, 51, a computer programmer, investor, and start up guru, was Waze co-founder (with two others) as well as president of the … Read More
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