Christopher Hitchens was a wit, a charmer, and a troublemaker, and to those who knew him well, he was a gift from - dare I say it - God.

It could safely be said that Iraqis are dying at a faster clip since the American-led invasion and occupation than they did during the last decade of Saddam Hussein's rule.

I think being Canadian helps you as a journalist in America, because you're sort of on the outside watching this big party going on, and you're sort of taking mental notes as it goes on. I think if you're in the party the whole time, you don't notice it as much. And I think Canadians are very good observers of American culture.

Every man in the back of their minds would like to own a bar or a racehorse.

You lose manufacturing jobs, you rarely ever get them back again.

Most of us have learned the hard way that there are very few things you can absolutely count on in life.

Every minute you invest in kids you get back four times over.