I do not think Canada has a more Americanized city than Windsor. The geography dictates it. Driving down Ouelette Avenue toward downtown, for the first time you are struck by the skyline. You get closer. Then you realize the skyline you are admiring belongs to Detroit across the river. The dominance is inescapable. As a Canadians living in a border city, we viewed crossing the border as part of everyday life. It meant taking the tunnel or the bridge to go shopping, out

As a young man, I stood at the improbable intersection of these two incredible people, almost 40 years ago. I came away forever changed....