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Tuesday, April 27th, 2010 Posted in Economy, Humour | No Comments »
New Brunswick’s freshly minted tourism marketing campaign gives one “pause” for reflection: Does the picture of a button on a TV remote, customarily deployed when the toilet beckons, properly convey ... Read more..Tuesday, April 27th, 2010 Posted in Politics | No Comments »
Call it a casualty or a blessing of the Internet era, but the future of privacy isn’t what it used to be. Once upon a time, commercial transactions carried unbreakable ... Read more..Tuesday, April 27th, 2010 Posted in Politics | No Comments »
The past six months of fractious debate over the disposition of New Brunswick’s tortured power company have transformed all in this province into instant energy experts. All, it seems, but ... Read more..Wednesday, April 21st, 2010 Posted in Politics | No Comments »
Arrogance, thy name is Stock. Or Jim. Or Steve. Take your pick. When it comes to the leading lights of the Government of Canada, monikers don’t matter. These guys all ... Read more..Wednesday, April 21st, 2010 Posted in Humour, Society | No Comments »
Once again, Iceland is making an ‘ash’ of itself. Having refused to pay back billions in loans to major English banks, the tiny country of barely 320,000 souls is enjoying ... Read more..Wednesday, April 21st, 2010 Posted in Economy, Environment | No Comments »
I’m not exactly sure when the global warming debate crossed the line that separates the sublime from the ridiculous, but it is clear we’ve entered a whole new age of ... Read more..Wednesday, April 21st, 2010 Posted in Politics | No Comments »
Prime Minister Stephen Harper attracts sympathy about as regularly as a porcupine elicits cuddles. But even his most ardent critics must, by now, acknowledge the man’s preternatural forbearance. The Helena ... Read more..Wednesday, April 21st, 2010 Posted in Environment, Society | No Comments »
The brittle cadence of his voice was unmistakable, and so was the urgently progressive nature of his message. Maybe that’s why something Bobby Kennedy, Jr. told me six years ago ... Read more..Saturday, April 17th, 2010 Posted in Self-serving promotion | 2 Comments »
Me goodself has been honoured as a finalist in magazine writing in the 2009 Atlantic Journalism Awards: For "Business Reporting" and in another category, "Atlantic Magazine - Best Article". I would like ... Read more..Friday, April 16th, 2010 Posted in Politics | No Comments »
Prime Minister Stephen Harper attracts sympathy about as regularly as a porcupine elicits cuddles. But even his most ardent critics must, by now, acknowledge the man’s preternatural forbearance. The Helena ... Read more..