A good article that unfortunately starts off with a conspicuous flat tire as we are lectured patronizingly by Margaret Wente: "Canada is short of nation-building myths." Spoken with the authority of a former American that hasn't quite learned to shed her Stars & Stripes. This insulting opening sentence talks down to us all in condescending tone, as if:  'poor little Canada doesn't have enough stories, it doesn't have the real bravado of  a Civil War or a Vietnam War. But make it resoundingly clear that we have NO SHORTAGE of remarkable Canadian achievement:s from the discovery of insulin to our widely recognized efforts as an international peacekeeper, to the particular celebration this weekend of Vimy Ridge. As a sixth generation Canadian, or one newly arrived,  we hardly need to be told by Margaret Wente that our Canadian identity doesn't stand on very firm and inspiring ground.  Her condescension is palpable in that opening sentence.  Quite a give away!