Each time I visit Japan, I am reminded of how Canadian I am and how little racial connection matters.

Our beliefs, our values shape the way we look out at the world and the way we treat it. If we believe that we were here, placed here by God, that this - all of this creation is for us, it's for us to go and occupy, dominate and exploit, then we will proceed to do that.

If America wants to retain its position as a global power, its president must listen to the people and show strong leadership at this turning point in human history.

On December 7, 1941, an event took place that had nothing to do with me or my family and yet which had devastating consequences for all of us - Japan bombed Pearl Harbour in a surprise attack. With that event began one of the shoddiest chapters in the tortuous history of democracy in North America.

A book is like a single tree in a forest, in that it exists in conjunction with and because of a great many others around it.

Ultimately we need to recognize that while humans continue to build urban landscapes, we share these spaces with others species.

We now have access to so much information that we can find support for any prejudice or opinion.