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Friday, October 15th, 2010 Posted in Economy, Politics | No Comments »
He remains untested and, so far, curiously underwhelmed by the enormous fiscal and economic challenges that will plague his government every day over the next four years of his mandate. ... Read more..Friday, October 15th, 2010 Posted in Society | No Comments »
If I dash out into the middle of Main Street during one of Moncton’s many rush hours, I might get hit by a truck. But if I do, I wouldn’t ... Read more..Friday, October 15th, 2010 Posted in Politics | 1 Comment »
It’s not actually clear whether the United Nations’ snub of Canada earlier this week for a seat on that body’s powerful Security Council is raising red faces or diffident shrugs ... Read more..Friday, October 15th, 2010 Posted in Politics | No Comments »
One step taken, nine to go. With last week's swearing in of a smaller and presumably less costly cabinet than that of his predecessor, Premier David Alward has kept the first of ten ... Read more..Friday, October 15th, 2010 Posted in Politics, Society | 1 Comment »
Why can’t anyone keep his trap shut these days? The time was when an acquaintance asked you to dummy up about his personal business, more often than not you did, and ... Read more..Sunday, October 10th, 2010 Posted in Economy, Politics | 5 Comments »
Tory premier-designate David Alward ran on a platform of, for lack of a better word, stability. No transformational-change-monger he. No sir; New Brunswickers were justifiably weary of the Grit “now-you-see-it, ... Read more..Sunday, October 10th, 2010 Posted in Environment, Politics | No Comments »
It’s thick, colourful, verbose and, like just about every other policy document issued by the global warming industry these days, brimming with irony. On the one hand – reports the National ... Read more..Sunday, October 10th, 2010 Posted in Society | 1 Comment »
You can legalize prostitution. You can regulate it, providing paper protections against abuse, disease, slavery, and drug addiction. You can even try to normalize it, folding it into the suite ... Read more..Sunday, October 10th, 2010 Posted in Politics | 1 Comment »
The problem with most liberals is not that they think they know more or better than you. It’s not that they want to run your lives and make you eat ... Read more..Sunday, October 10th, 2010 Posted in Media | No Comments »
His prose, both breathless and authoritative, announces the latest iteration of a newspaper that continues to demonstrate an almost feline aptitude for survival. What is this now: The Globe and ... Read more..