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Wednesday, February 25th, 2009 Posted in Economy, Education | No Comments »
There is nothing like a first-class economic crisis to bring out the college of smart guys, extolling the virtues of hard work, big ideas and sober, second thought. So it was ... Read more..Monday, February 23rd, 2009 Posted in Education, Humour | No Comments »
Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the classroom, now comes another exquisite example of our education tax dollars at work in New Brunswick. In fact, ... Read more..Monday, February 23rd, 2009 Posted in Economy, Politics | No Comments »
It was a mere stitch in the timetable of the world’s duly anointed dragon slayer. But when Barack Obama dropped in for tea the other day, all of official Ottawa ... Read more..Friday, February 20th, 2009 Posted in Economy, Education | No Comments »
The stereotypical college provost is a dull martinet preoccupied with procedural minutia designed to keep his faculty and students both anxious and bored. Fortunately, in Atlantic Canada, it’s pure fiction. ... Read more..Friday, February 20th, 2009 Posted in Economy, Society | No Comments »
His voice cracked during that interview with the CBC. The question was simple, if a might loaded: At a time of war and coffins, how could a provincial elementary school ... Read more..Friday, February 20th, 2009 Posted in Humour | No Comments »
With this, our unorthodox, unrestrained and unapologetic columnist launches a new monthly feature, “The Licentious Lexicon”. In this, Alec Bruce humorously defines the words and phrases that. . .well, define ... Read more..Wednesday, February 11th, 2009 Posted in Economy | 2 Comments »
It’s natural to find silver linings around even the darkest clouds. But has the world become so thick with gloom that hope can be detected only in something called the ... Read more..Monday, February 9th, 2009 Posted in Business, Humour | No Comments »
When senior executives at New Brunswick’s power utility huddled last month to draft a note of support for their boss what, I wonder, was the editing process? “Dearest David”. . .No, ... Read more..Wednesday, February 4th, 2009 Posted in Economy | 1 Comment »
Contrary to popular belief, Canada’s biggest export to the United States is not oil, or steel, or even softwood; it’s comedy writers who appreciate, better than most, the richly ironic ... Read more..Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009 Posted in Economy | No Comments »
For the country that invented insulin, the electron microscope and standard time – for a nation that has produced ten Nobel laureates in physics, chemistry and medicine – last week’s ... Read more..