#immigration

Sam Darling

Jul 19, 20174 min read

Anti-Asian racism

It’s this weird thing that my thoroughly continental childhood had a slight Asian flavor to it, although it’s not something I generally...

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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,...

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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...

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Sam Darling

Nov 5, 20151 min read

Helene on the radio in 1959

I had a fair number of technical difficulties with this entry as the reel-to-reel from 1959 was damaged. You’ll hear some interference...

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Sam Darling

Oct 9, 20151 min read

Travel ruined me

I love seafood. I have always lived by the ocean apart from those six months in Alberta, Canada. My favorite restaurant as a child was...

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Sam Darling

Sep 30, 20152 min read

I call the Reagan Library

Immigrants to a new nation are often the most ardent in their love for their new country and my family was a classic example of the...

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Sam Darling

Jan 9, 20152 min read

French racism

Virtually everyone I know, in a virtual manner, has renamed themselves Charlie this week. #jesuischarlie The gruesome murder of staffers...

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Sam Darling

May 16, 20141 min read

Immigration, 1950s style

My mother and her parents were the first members of my family to immigrate to the new world, and they did it with their usual glamor....

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Sam Darling

Mar 6, 20145 min read

The trouble with Edmonton

You’d think, with eight months of winter and -40 degree temperatures, my biggest problem with living in Alberta would have been the...

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