It was with tremendous interest and some form of satisfaction that I read recently that the great Harvard University in the United States was offering free tuition next year to students whose families earned less than $ 200,000 a year. In addition to that Harvard says if a family
I’m an unashamed Canadian nationalist. I have travelled a fair bit over the years, and I know the respect the world has for our nation. I saw it when I lived in England. I also saw it again in France where I have visited many times. We have earned
You know as Premier Andrew Furey gets set to ride into the political sunset, I am reminded that he is the first premier since Confederation that I NEVER interviewed. All the rest had been part of my working journalism career. I knew them all. There is a lesson there
Of course I watched the game. Occasionally a sporting event takes on a special status and rises above sport. It was between Canada and the United States and the final game of the “best against best” hockey series. Now, before I get into what in the end was a
It is winter. The first real storm of the season here on the east coast of Newfoundland came this month had me shifting into winter mode. You know it gets harder every year. We live in a country setting outside of St. John’s. My wife and I raised our
British Prime Minister Harold Wilson is the one credited with saying; “A week is a long time in politics.” The words were said when some crisis or other was sweeping across Britain during Wilson’s time in office. The thought was as true then as it is now. Stuff happens
We are but a few weeks into the much-feared presidency of a convicted felon named Donald Trump, and, despite our fears, the world hasn’t come to an end. The applecart has been well upset but that is exactly what the United States voted for. The people spoke.
The first real brush of snow for the season has softened the landscape up behind the house. First snow does that. It hides some of the summer toys that were left out in the garden. It traps the occasional basketball. Little plastic shovels and Paw Patrol toys also get
The words are from the Bible. Specifically, they are from Ecclesiastes 3. Those words tell us that everything happens at the right time. Now the passage might well apply to what happens to political parties and their leaders in the fullness of time. Justin Trudeau has begun the lengthy
There are during the Christmas season moments of quiet. They are important. Christmas is full of joy, family, turkey, chocolates, gifts and good times. It is also, as you know, place of reflection. We do allow ourselves to stray into that time warp where we meet “the ghost of