Excerpted From The Literary Review of Canada April 2010 A review of *In Roosevelt's Bright Shadow: Presidential Addresses about Canada from Taft to Obama in Honour of FDR's 1938 Speech at Queen's University*, edited by Arthur Milnes, and *At Home and Abroad: The Canada-U.S. Relationship and Canada's Place in the World*, by Patrick Lennox By Colin Robertson

Technology moves so fast that history, too often, gets buried in the digital dustbin. Was it just last month that Facebook celebrated its 6th birthday? Just a few days ago that Twitter marked its 10 billionth tweet?

The harder we work, the less rich we seem to be. We need to emphasize education, innovation and trade to break free.

A new program brings microfinance loans to the Jane-Fine community of Toronto.

UPEI president Wade MacLauchlan thinks the island province has an advantage: Niche entrepreneurial activity passed over by big business centres

A troubled economy and the implosion of the real estate market have thrown thousands of architects and designers out of work, forcing them to find or create jobs.

Women have good reason to be disappointed. While they have made great strides in four decades, they still remain a small minority in the narrower world of power and authority in society today.

For a country that prides itself on its inclusiveness and diversity, Canadians are doing a poor job of reflecting their society in their political ranks, especially women.

An Irving-proposed regional electricity grid is a well-timed alternative to Hydro-Québec's attempt to monopolize much of the eastern Canadian power grid, says the head of the Atlantic Institute for Market Studies.

CEOs are a lot like kings and presidents. They've got power and perks and deniability. They order people around, pretend to be infallible and are apparently hired to think big thoughts.