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Thursday, September 30th, 2010 Posted in Humour | No Comments »
Someone forgot to tell the Great Recession that it’s over. Actually, according to most economists, it came to a whimpering end sometime during the summer of 2009. That’s when all the ... Read more..Thursday, September 30th, 2010 Posted in Politics | No Comments »
During the after party of New Brunswick’s great and peaceful transfer of power, the chattering class is awash in the number of “firsts” it can identify: The first occasion in ... Read more..Thursday, September 30th, 2010 Posted in Politics | 1 Comment »
He ran a tough, if largely colourless, campaign for the hearts and minds of his fellow citizens, and now David Alward is a mere ceremony or two away from the ... Read more..Monday, September 27th, 2010 Posted in Media, Politics, Society | No Comments »
It wasn’t that long ago when aspiring to an elite standing in any field – academics, athletics, politics, business, even journalism – was the proper way to order one’s priorities ... Read more..Monday, September 27th, 2010 Posted in Politics | 2 Comments »
There is something poetically just about Election Day in New Brunswick coinciding almost exactly with the official end of summer. Gone are the heat waves, barbecue soirées and trips to the ... Read more..Monday, September 27th, 2010 Posted in Politics | No Comments »
We embrace the words as the faithful do their relics: with devotion, hope and a flawed understanding of their meaning. Indeed, “The Leadership Principle” appears everywhere in the capitalist code ... Read more..Monday, September 27th, 2010 Posted in Education | No Comments »
My Great Aunt Anna McKeen was a teacher who spent 30 years working for the Alberta School Board. Although she stood barely five feet tall in her stockings, she was ... Read more..Wednesday, September 15th, 2010 Posted in Humour, Media, Politics | No Comments »
He was game, honest, organized, principled, and responsible. That’s why the winner of Tuesday night’s first New Brunswick leaders’ debate was none other than. . .the CBC’s Harry Forestell. Then again, ... Read more..Wednesday, September 15th, 2010 Posted in Humour, Politics | No Comments »
Dear Mr. David Alward: I was gratified to receive word of your official election platform. To be frank, I did not expect such a clear determination to “keep it real” from ... Read more..Wednesday, September 15th, 2010 Posted in Economy, Humour | No Comments »
My good lady and I were luxuriating amid the sod we’d removed from the boulevard in front of our house the other day, contemplating – as we invariably do after ... Read more..