When I was fifteen, I dreamed of living in the big city, as many a young person does if he is artistic and sensitive. By 'artistic and sensitive' I mean short, skinny, unkissed, bad at sports, and carrying a C average in high school.
The heart unites whatever the mind separates, pushes on beyond the arena of necessity and transmutes the struggle into love.
Winter Twilight by Anne Porter
On a clear winter's evening
The crescent moon
And the round squirrels' nest
In the bare oak
Are equal planets.
WarnerMedia’s statement tonight is an attempt to retaliate against me and change the media narrative in the wake of their disastrous handling of the last two weeks.”
One hundred years ago, in 1922, the world changed. Not the real world, of course — that had happened a few years before, with the war — but the literary world, which is always a few ticks behind (Roddy Doyle, at a recent event, when heckled by an audience member asking when he was going to get to the point, replied, “I’m a novelist, so it might take me a few months.”)
An award opportunity for young tax researchers
Brigitte Alepin of the Canadian based TaxCOOP has drawn this to my attention:
CA$ 10 000 prizes will be awarded to four projects with the intent to support the establishment of an effective and fair tax system to deal with the following topics:
International Issues
* Billionaires, a Global Issue
* Taxation and Philanthropy: Beyond Borders
* Tax Cooperation for the Environment
Quebec Issue
* Public Services, Social Programs, and Tax Breaks: is the Quebec Model Sustainable in the Long term?
Application deadline is Tuesday, March 15th, 2022.
Visit https://taxcoop.org/en/carte-b
lanche/ for more information.
Barring the Quebec related issues any regional focus is permitted.
