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Tuesday, November 30th, 2010 Posted in Economy | No Comments »
There is almost nothing about a summit that augurs results. Even the word, conjuring images of unobtainable mountaintops far beyond the reach of mere mortals, connotes frustration, failure and disappointment. But ... Read more..Tuesday, November 30th, 2010 Posted in Environment | No Comments »
Margaret Wente is one of Canada’s more widely read commentators on topics both arcane and commonplace. Her columns appear regularly in the Globe and Mail editorial section where she time-shares ... Read more..Tuesday, November 30th, 2010 Posted in Politics | No Comments »
Whenever, in their wisdom and to the relief of the reading public, national commentators finally cease referring to Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Danny Williams as one politician who consistently “punches ... Read more..Thursday, November 25th, 2010 Posted in Humour | No Comments »
An incident at a California airport last week raises an issue of universal concern to prudent arbiters of taste and good conscience in societies from Canada to Kathmandu. To wit: ... Read more..Thursday, November 25th, 2010 Posted in Economy, Politics | No Comments »
Tick-tock, Mr. Alward. Tick. Tock. Nobody expects a much from Throne Speeches. In the best of times, they are bald litanies of self-congratulation. In the worst, they are promises to do ... Read more..Monday, November 22nd, 2010 Posted in Politics | No Comments »
New Brunswick obtains an opportunity to tune its political pitch only once in four years. And, as is the custom of every incoming government and its loyal opposition, vows are ... Read more..Monday, November 22nd, 2010 Posted in General, Humour | No Comments »
At 50, they say, a man wears the face he deserves. Someday, I’d like to meet “they” who say this and ask them if any man really deserves to look ... Read more..Monday, November 22nd, 2010 Posted in Economy | No Comments »
Even if Newfoundland and Labrador and Nova Scotia never break ground on their ambitious $6.2-billion bid to reshape the Atlantic energy market, Premiers Danny Williams and Darrell Dexter will still ... Read more..Wednesday, November 17th, 2010 Posted in Business, General | No Comments »
It’s refreshing that cultural pugilists don’t always hail from opposite ends of the ideological spectrum in this country. Sometimes, they belong to the same fight club – or so the ... Read more..Wednesday, November 17th, 2010 Posted in Economy, Politics | No Comments »
They’re either thrifty or wasteful, essential or unnecessary, accountable or irresponsible, innovative or unimaginative. In fact, about the only thing the various public sectors of the nation’s federal, provincial and ... Read more..