Rethinking Democracy

 When the Soviet Union imploded and the Berlin Wall came tumbling down, those were heady days for democracy. While not eliminating all forms of authoritarian regimes, we in the West, thought we had created fresh, irreversible momentum for building liberal, progressive societies. Of offering people a better quality of life,

How to overcome the mental obstacles of a life-long illness

 Title: Beating The Odds: 11 Lessons to Overcome a Health Crisis and Lead a More Resilient Life Author: Chris Macleod Page count: 141 ISBN: 978 1 7775753 0 4 Chris Macleod, a fierce advocate for patients in need of life-sustaining medications and treatments, and founder of the not for profit organization,

Fighting the bureaucracy for one’s life

 Chris MacLeod is on a personal and political mission. The Toronto lawyer bears a dubious and extraordinary badge of honour, being a man with a childhood disease, cystic fibrosis (CF), who has survived to the age of 50. MacLeod is caught between a bureaucratic rock and a hard place that