New Study: 89% of Young Men Kiss Each Other on the Lips

Posted on January 10, 2012 by Robert Paul Weston

This morning I woke up to a podcast of Thinking Allowed with Laurie Taylor. As usual, the episode was split into two halves, each dealing with recent news in the world of sociology. At the top of the programme, Laurie announced …
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Happy New Year!

Posted on December 31, 2011 by Robert Paul Weston

* Mayans, those pesky Mayans. Seriously. There’s a lot of people out there who think the world will end on December 21, 2012 because that’s when a bunch of Mesoamericans from 2000 years ago ran out of calendars. Someone should …
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The Myth of the Silver Bullet Book

Posted on December 20, 2011 by Robert Paul Weston

Last month, I was the MC at a fundraiser for The Children’s Book Bank. It’s a charity that gives new or “gently-used” books to children who wouldn’t otherwise have the opportunity of owning a book for themselves. The fundraiser was …
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The Mysteries of Radio

Posted on December 10, 2011 by Robert Paul Weston

In October, Dust City was nominated for the 2012 Red Maple Award, part of Ontario’s Forest of Reading Program; a couple weeks ago, one of the organizers contacted the nominees with an unexpected proposition. “We would like to see if a …
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2 Things I Love About Japan

Posted on November 21, 2011 by Robert Paul Weston

I recently returned from an extended trip to Japan. I was there to visit my wife’s family and do a little research for writing projects that will—hopefully, eventually—see the light of day. This was my second trip since living there …
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