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Tuesday, March 24th, 2009 Posted in Economy | No Comments »
It’s been scant weeks since the Great Bonus Boondoggle of 2009 exploded onto the front pages of newspapers around the world, and almost everyone, from the President of the United ... Read more..Wednesday, March 18th, 2009 Posted in Economy | 1 Comment »
In the spring of 1981, I made my way down to the Ross Building in downtown Halifax. I was 20, and married. My wife had a baby on the way. ... Read more..Wednesday, March 18th, 2009 Posted in Humour | No Comments »
Basic Research (noun): An archaic term referring to the activities of intelligent individuals engaged in the pursuit of knowledge. In Canada, political considerations over the past few years have skewed ... Read more..Wednesday, March 18th, 2009 Posted in Economy | No Comments »
To understand just how malleable political ideology is becoming in these days of economic crisis, look no further than the New Brunswick Liberal government’s classically Conservative budget, unveiled Tuesday. The centrepiece ... Read more..Wednesday, March 18th, 2009 Posted in Economy | No Comments »
I woke up this morning and found myself $11,000 poorer than I was when I crawled into bed last night. Or am I richer? In these days of multi-billion-dollar fiscal ... Read more..Friday, March 13th, 2009 Posted in Education, Society | No Comments »
On word that the Province of New Brunswick will soon give us 800 million more reasons for thinking that our society is mortally wounded, we might be wise to retreat ... Read more..Monday, March 9th, 2009 Posted in General | No Comments »
Somewhere beneath the meter-and-a-half-thick ice sheet that incarcerates my back garden, green and yellow shoots are beginning to stir. The Siberian squill, the daffodils, the tulips, and the heath are ... Read more..Tuesday, March 3rd, 2009 Posted in Economy, Education | 2 Comments »
Let me get this straight. . . A contingent of two from the Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT) sits opposite Minister of Science and Technology Gary Goodyear, his policy advisor ... Read more..Tuesday, March 3rd, 2009 Posted in Humour, Politics | No Comments »
The profits of doom On news, late last week, that the world’s economies had collapsed, and that the stewards of the most powerful banks on the planet had taken to wearing ... Read more..Tuesday, March 3rd, 2009 Posted in Economy, Humour | No Comments »
The Copley Fine Art Auctions catalogue arrived at my doorstep the other day, and not a moment too soon. Frankly, I had been wondering what to do with all the ... Read more..