#USA

Sam Darling

Mar 17, 20177 min read

Canadian Healthcare

Tax season. I had a chat with a Canadian accountant about how I would deduct all expenses when I lived in the USA so I would pay,...

Sam Darling

Jan 9, 20173 min read

Why don’t you move to Canada?

There are a host of frequent refrains you hear from American conservatives around elections and one of them is laughing at celebrities...

Sam Darling

Nov 21, 20141 min read

Fifties Americana

No one is more American than an immigrant. I think of my family when the US immigration reform discussion crops up again because we are...

Sam Darling

Sep 16, 20146 min read

Walk! Avanti!

Cars are good and useful tools that I enjoy. No one on Earth can parallel park a GMC Suburban in Beverly Hills like I can. And no one...

Sam Darling

Apr 26, 20143 min read

Justice Denied

I’m reading a horror story. It’s a true story written by Howell Woltz called Justice Denied. You should buy his book and read it, too....

Sam Darling

Jan 1, 20142 min read

Aggression in America

I was talking to a friend about how American aggression always feels most apparent to me when I go back there after a long absence. He...

Sam Darling

May 24, 20124 min read

Socialized healthcare makes better opera singers

The longer I watch the struggle in the United States over the health insurance coverage the more I am convinced that tying health care to...