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Toronto Life

"Who's the Boss?" February 2008 (Turmoil at Chatelaine, Canada's most venerable women's magazine.)

"Notes on a Scandal," May 2007 (Jan Wong's misadventures at The Globe and Mail)

"Star Crossed," October 2004 (John Honderich's misadventures at The Toronto Star)

"Song Corpse," February 2002 (The rise and fall of Allan Gregg's record company, Song Corp.)

"Black and Whyte and Read All Over," December 1999 (On the first anniversary of The National Post: an evaluation)

"Daytime Dances," October 1992 (A generation gap in Toronto's South Asian community)

"Wash and Where," May 1991 (Car wash culture in Toronto)

"Perfect Places, Imperfect Shots," October 1988 (An essay on shooting pool)

"Moses Vision," September 1987 (Moses Znaimer and 15th anniversary of CityTV)

Saturday Night

“The Making of Michael Bublé,” April 2005

"The Chosen One," May 1999 (How Rufus Wainwright became pop music's next big thing)

"Lines in the Desert," December 1997 (Agnes Martin is Canada's most famous unknown painter)

The Sins of the Mother

Chatelaine

"Abandoned in Canada," October 2009 (Every year, hundreds of frightened children from the developing world arrive alone in Canada)

“The Sins of the Mother,” September 2008 (Three women seek justice after a childhood of abuse)

Report on Business magazine

"Moses Znaimer's New Mission", September 2009 (Boomers are Zoomers in ZnaimerWorld)

"Finding Love Again", October 2004 (Harlequin writes love in black ink)

"So Immature," June 2004 (How marketers ignore the 50-plus generation)

National Post Business

"The Boys in the Brand," March 2002 (How Diana Krall's managers created a global brand)

"Die Hard," April 1999 (The making of a commercial)

Toro

"The Old Heave-Ho," September 2004 (I'm not a lifer when it comes to jobs, so when my boss fired me the shock was how it stung)

"Rebuilt for Speed," April 2004 (Some people collect art. These guys race it)

The New York Times Magazine

"Squaring Off", November 16, 2003 (A 14-year-old competing at an international Rubik's Cube tournament)

Essays

"My Father's Secret ", What I Meant to Say: The Private Lives of Men, ed. Ian Brown (Thomas Allen Publishers, 2005)

"Cool Type", Saturday Night, April 2003

Book Reviews

"We like opinions, we really do," The Globe and Mail, Book Review, November 14, 2009

"Never a wayward word," The Toronto Star, Book Review, April 26, 2009

"Gay Talese Undone," The Globe and Mail Book Review, May 6, 2006

"Different strokes for different folks", The Globe and Mail Book Review, January 7, 2006

"Bush bashers new and recycled", The Globe and Mail Book Review, October 30, 2004

Toronto Star "Lifelong Renter" Columns