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Resolutions

Dec 31st, 2011
by Jordon Cooper.
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Wendy posted her New Year’s Resolutions so I thought I would post mine. Take the stairs to the top of The Lighthouse at least daily.  This seems like a really good idea now that building is only four stories but when the new tower is nine stories this summer, it could be a really bad [...]

Column: Oil prices will force changes

Jul 4th, 2011
by Jordon Cooper.
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Today’s column in The StarPhoenix Former CIBC economist Jeff Rubin was one of the first to say that oil would hit $100 a barrel, back when it was around $20. Now he is suggesting it could go to $200 in the next short while unless there’s another global recession. While many call for more drilling [...]

Column: Looking at some bigger issues

Jun 20th, 2011
by Jordon Cooper.
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Tomorrow I woke up to a steady stream of email and tweets coming into my Blackberry about my first column appearing today in The StarPhoenix.  It’s an introductory column so there wasn’t a lot of original research put into it (I knew the topic pretty well).  While today the column appeared on A3, it is [...]

What’s Next?

Sep 2nd, 2010
by Jordon Cooper.
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A couple of weeks ago now I resigned by job.  Like any life decision like that there are a lot of reasons but in the end I was feeling really tired and in some ways burned out.  Wendy’s depression is worse now than it has ever been and that takes a toll on the entire [...]

Other by Kester Brewin

Jun 10th, 2010
by Jordon Cooper.
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Kester Brewin released his latest book Other.  It’s only available in the U.K. right now but if you want to pay the Canadian government a lot of fees, you can get it shipped here (I paid more in taxes and fees for The Complex Christ than I did for the book but it was worth [...]