Movies have an enormous power to inspire and excite. But even more than that, they can sometimes have a direct impact on real life. And decades after its release, The Matrix definitely stands out as one of those impeccable movies for a lot of people. Now one of the film’s …
Read More »Canada has placed its first vaccinated order, but does not expect a ‘silver bullet’
For Canadians eager for an impetus against the coronavirus, this week brought both optimism and words of sober caution. The federal government on Wednesday announced the first of many major offers to buy vaccines from two US-based multinational pharmaceutical companies: Pfizer and Moderna. There will be “millions” of doses, said …
Read More »Sievert: T-Mobile ‘runs really fast’ in networking, despite tower comments
T-Mobile is in fact moving fast on its integration into post-merger networking and building, executives said Thursday, dismissing comments from three public tour companies that implied that T-Mobile was a slow start. During T-Mobile’s second quarter call, CEO Mike Sievert said the tour companies were “spreading some disinformation” about T-Mobile’s …
Read More »Kate Middleton’s Diana Commentary That Made William Say ‘Nobody Can Fill My Mother’s Shoes’
Kate Middleton made a touching remark about Princess Diana in her interview before Prince William sweetly replied, “No one can fill my mother’s shoes.” The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge made the remarks during an interview after the couple announced their engagement on 16 November 2010. After years of dating …
Read More »Harry Truman and the Nuclear Bombs hit Hiroshima and Nagasaki | Nuclear weapons
Clifton Daniel is right about bombing his grandfather on Hiroshima (‘He felt he had to do it’, August 4). “That was not a decision!” Harry S Truman told me when I interviewed him in July 1963 at the Presidential Library in Independence, Missouri. I was a postgraduate student and had …
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