Reprinted from the October 17, 2002 edition of The Canadian Record THE FIRST TIME I SAT DOWN to write this Field Notes column almost 10 years ago, I offered to our readers’ diversion a story about a pair of wonderful, well-trod hiking boots which, to my utter sorrow, no longer fit. It was meant to be a cleverly-crafted metaphor for how a sometimes very good idea simply did not suit the problem…