Archive for February, 2010

Climate panel chief in the hot seat

Thursday, February 11th, 2010 Posted in Environment, Politics | No Comments »

It was, of course, too much to ask: A sensible, rational debate over the possibility that industrial activity is causing the planet to warm. From the beginning, the scholarship has been ... Read more..

Welcome to the “Shawn Show”

Thursday, February 11th, 2010 Posted in Politics | No Comments »

With the paucity of ideas emanating from the benches of New Brunswick’s loyal opposition these days, we might just as well rename Freddy Beach “The Shawn Show”.             Of course, Conservative ... Read more..

A triple win, or a triple threat

Thursday, February 11th, 2010 Posted in Economy | No Comments »

With a wink and a nod, the United States may be stumbling ever so artlessly back from the vacuum of trade protectionism which has threatened to suck North America down ... Read more..

Sticking it to the taxpayer

Friday, February 5th, 2010 Posted in Politics | No Comments »

For Christmas, I bought myself a camera: a Nikon D-5000 to be precise. It set me back about eight bills, but it was worth it. Now I shoot pictures like ... Read more..

Let’s keep it civil, people!

Friday, February 5th, 2010 Posted in Business, Media, Society | No Comments »

Threatening to deprive a man of his livelihood because he exploits his employees, steals from his shareholders or pollutes his community is fair, ethical play in a society that cherishes ... Read more..

Is fiscal stimulus spending working?

Friday, February 5th, 2010 Posted in Economy | No Comments »

Three economists went hunting, and came across a large deer. The first economist fired but missed, by a meter to the left. The second economist fired but also missed, by ... Read more..

Blurring the journalistic lines

Friday, February 5th, 2010 Posted in Media | No Comments »

I have no personal beef with the Globe and Mail’s daily pre-Olympic coverage. If it wants to make a complete imbecile of its corporate self, who am I to stand ... Read more..

Self-sufficiency is in the details

Friday, February 5th, 2010 Posted in Economy, Politics | No Comments »

The defining features of Premier Shawn Graham’s first term have not been the little successes sprinkled lightly over his policy agenda, but the astonishingly big appetites for change his government ... Read more..