Jay Pitter

The strength and spunk of our grandparents is overlooked in that most of us are way too busy to listen to their stories.

This week millions of Canadian students are returning to high school but they aren't all young people. A large number of adults will also be returning to high school.

Yesterday our frenzied response to Kate Middleton -- dubbed "brilliant" for giving birth to a boy -- has exposed just how dissatisfied we are with our personal life stories.

What if the Ford drama is a smaller representational story highlighting the pervasive issue of systemic privilege in our society and specifically in Canadian politics?