Archive for September, 2010

America’s long, dark night of the soul

Wednesday, September 15th, 2010 Posted in Economy, Politics | No Comments »

From the shuttered storefronts that line the main streets of Midwestern cities to the vacant mansions that blight the suburbs of the southern deserts, from the brutal barbs of an ... Read more..

Impersonating the enemy within

Thursday, September 9th, 2010 Posted in Humour, Politics | 2 Comments »

You know the New Brunswick election is diving down the rabbit hole when a social networking site becomes the arbiter of all that’s right and proper in political campaigning. But there ... Read more..

The NDP’s next, great crusade

Wednesday, September 8th, 2010 Posted in Politics | No Comments »

Roger Duguay is a principled, ethical, moral man. Now, the former priest and community leader from northern New Brunswick can add another qualification to his impressive resume: crusader. Only, the objects ... Read more..

Towards a more perfect education

Wednesday, September 8th, 2010 Posted in Society | No Comments »

One of the majestic ironies of our times is the high value policy makers and politicians place on universities as conduits through which society becomes skilled, when the essential purpose ... Read more..

To poll, or not to poll

Wednesday, September 8th, 2010 Posted in Humour, Politics | No Comments »

Public opinion polls, those weird agglomerations of statistics and analysis, have overtaken the issues as the big news in this New Brunswick election cycle. Every day, it seems, a headline ... Read more..

A region of city mice

Wednesday, September 8th, 2010 Posted in Business, Economy | No Comments »

It’s one thing to be ahead of the times; it’s quite another to be ahead of a time that neither was, nor ever would be. But that was me in 1989, ... Read more..

Fit to govern, or fit to be tied?

Wednesday, September 8th, 2010 Posted in Economy, Politics | No Comments »

There is something both disturbing and familiar about New Brunswick Progressive Conservative Leader David Alward’s statement the other day that “politicians. . .don’t understand balance sheets, they don’t understand risk ... Read more..

To the point of no return

Wednesday, September 8th, 2010 Posted in Economy, Politics | No Comments »

The trouble with turning points, at which New Brunswick seems to arrive on an almost daily basis during this absurdly rhetorical campaign season, is that it’s not long before you ... Read more..