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Tuesday, August 31st, 2010 Posted in Economy, Politics | No Comments »
There must be something in the water. Or perhaps the unusually long, hot, sultry summer has cast a spell of muted complacence over a sizeable majority of New Brunswickers. But whatever’s ... Read more..Tuesday, August 31st, 2010 Posted in Politics | No Comments »
The subtle art of character assassination requires equal measures of high principle and low cunning. To be truly effective, the political candidate must always appear magnanimous as he systematically besmirches ... Read more..Thursday, August 26th, 2010 Posted in Humour, Politics | No Comments »
It’s not clear what Prime Minister Stephen Harper would have done had two Tupolev TU-95 bombers not skirted the perimeter of Canadian airspace on Tuesday. Perhaps he might have laid ... Read more..Thursday, August 26th, 2010 Posted in Economy, Politics | No Comments »
Beneath the empty promises and sanctimonious slogans, the bitter attacks and petty rivalries, lay the unalterable truth of every election: Someone must lose. You could also argue the corollary, but that ... Read more..Thursday, August 26th, 2010 Posted in Economy, Society | 2 Comments »
The place my daughter and son-in-law are renting near Brackley Beach on the north shore of Prince Edward Island is a cottage the way the Taj Mahal is a mansion. ... Read more..Monday, August 23rd, 2010 Posted in Politics | No Comments »
That all are entitled to their opinions is the great girder of modern democracy. But when fancies subvert facts (or worse, replace them) in the marketplace of ideas, the framework ... Read more..Friday, August 20th, 2010 Posted in Politics | 3 Comments »
Quebec’s meddling in the affairs of its neighbours may profoundly annoy Atlantic Canadians, but it’s hardly surprising. La belle province sports a long history of promoting its interests, at others’ ... Read more..Friday, August 20th, 2010 Posted in Humour | No Comments »
No, Halifax, we are not finished, you and I. Not while there’s one, petty, competitive funny bone left in my body. Granted, old girl of my youth, you are bigger and more ... Read more..Friday, August 20th, 2010 Posted in Politics | No Comments »
It is probably the shabbiest move thus far of New Brunswick’s political season, but Progressive Conservative MLA Jeannot Volpe is not completely wrong to question the seemingly off-the-books pension allowance ... Read more..Friday, August 20th, 2010 Posted in Politics | No Comments »
He’s tall, intelligent, principled and affecting. He’s an internationally renowned scholar of history and public affairs. He is genuinely interested in the condition of his nation. He speaks well, both ... Read more..