Profile of Pam Frampton

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• Flip this House
  “There comes a time when what is needed is not just rhetoric, but boots on the ground.” — W. Baldwin Spencer,prime minister of AntiguaMuch is ...
• Taking the lead
  “You don’t have to be anti-man to be pro-woman.” — Jane Galvin-Lewis, American feministOut walking on a city trail the other day, my husband and ...
• Captains courageous
  “Ten people who speak make more noise than ten thousand who are silent.” — Napoleon Bonaparte Political candidates make easy targets during ...
• You’ve got power — use it
  “People often say that, in a democracy, decisions are made by a majority of the people. Of course, that is not true. Decisions are made by a ...
• Vintage vacation
  “Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever.” — Aristophanes, Greek comedic playwright (circa 456-380 ...
• The house that Jack built
  “And sometimes I despair the world will never see another man like him.” — From “Superman’s Song” by the Crash Test Dummies In ...
• After 9-11: a kick at the darkness
  “They began jumping not long after the first plane hit the North Tower, not long after the fire started. They kept jumping until the tower fell. ...
• True grit
  Last in a three-part series“Remember, Ginger Rogers did everything Fred Astaire did, but backwards and in high heels.” — Faith Whittlesey, an ...
• Queen of the castle
  Part two in a three-part series“I think it’s about time we voted for senators with breasts. After all, we’ve been voting for boobs long ...
• Inside the political sisterhood
  “In politics, if you want anything said, ask a man; if you want anything done, ask a woman.” — Margaret ThatcherPart 1 in a three-part seriesIt’s ...
• Ode to RDF: redux
  In July, I remember one Saturday that was blisteringly hot — we’re talking above 20 C, folks.I won’t soon forget it. G. and I had a decadent ...
• There goes the neighbourhood
  “There is no greater hell thanto be a prisoner of fear.”— Ben Jonson (1572-1637) English dramatist, poet and actorSamantha lives on an unassuming ...
• The golden goose just keeps on laying
  “In a bet there is a fool and a thief.”— English proverbVLTs have been referred to as the “crack cocaine” of gambling (Statistics Canada, 2003). ...
• Your cheating heart
  “If it is not right, do not do it; if it is not true, do not say it.” — Marcus Aurelius, Roman emperor, AD 121-180There’s a new TV show on The ...
• Livin’ the life, gangsta-style
  “It’s about my persona. Ain’t nothing like a man that can do what he wanna.” — Ice Cube, from the song “Gangsta Rap Made Me Do It”Looking at ...
• Living down the litter legacy
  “There is nothing in which the birds differ more from man than the way in which they can build and yet leave a landscape as it was before.”— ...
• Filthy lucre
  “Great condition original 4” x 6” snapshot of Canadian serial killer Clifford Olson with a sticker attached to the back, upon which he has typed ...
• Ode to RDF
  (with apologies to former American poet laureate Billy Collins …)Keep your tropical climes, your sun-kissed shores.Keep your beach blankets, your ...
• Backyard junkies
  “All through the long winter, I dream of my garden.On the first day of spring, I dig my fingers deep into the soft earth.I can feel its energy, ...
• The pressures of prom
  “Though I don't buy into lame clichés, an experience is made memorable by the people with which it is shared, not by the luxuries purchased for ...
• Driven to distraction
  “Soon silence will have passed into legend. Man has turned his back on silence. Day after day he invents machines and devices that increase noise ...
• Stolen: our sense of security
  “I broke into peoples houses and stole (their) property that they worked hard to get and hurt people that did nothing to me just to feed my drug ...
• The shocking truth: some people are gay
  “Everybody’s journey is individual. If you fall in love with a boy, you fall in love with a boy. The fact that many Americans consider it a ...
• Lost in the labyrinth
  “In health there is freedom. Health is the first of all liberties.” — Henri-Frédéric Amiel (1821-1881), Swiss author, philosopher and criticOne ...
• So, a warlord walks into a bar…
  “When that second airplane hit the building, we all changed. We need to get back to some serious thinking.”Steven Tyler, AerosmithI still ...
• Truth and consequences
  “Ottawa is clearly broken and this election is going to be about how we’re going to fix it.”— Jack LaytonNewfoundland and Labrador distinguished ...
• Getting past the ‘camp’ in campaign
  “A politician should have three hats. One for throwing into the ring, one for talking through, and one for pulling rabbits out of if elected.” — ...
• Open letter to a thief
  “The real significance of crime is in its being a breach of faith with the community of mankind.” — Joseph Conrad (1857-1924) in “Lord Jim”Dear ...
• Vote ABC — Anything But Contempt
  “(You’re) hungry for the word, but God would never speak through such as these … They’ll tell your troubles to the lord for how ever much you can ...
• Keeping us in the dark
  “Prison can exacerbate mental health problems, which has a long-term impact on the individual concerned and the community into which he or she ...