We have all received those silly e-mails and phone calls trying to con us out of our money. I marvel at how people could be so gullible as to fall for those scams. When someone says “This is your Captain speaking and you have won a free cruise,” I hang
I laugh at those who in self- righteous indignation or in perceived political opportunity rise up on their hind legs and rail against the $25,000 price tag on entering the Liberal leadership race. Unless you came into town on a load of turnips you should know that it is “a
I suspect that when humanity is finally wiped off the face of the earth it won’t be under a mushroom cloud but rather the result of a virus that becomes a pandemic. There is no need to lose sleep yet over the spread of coronavirus, but it is time
The Liberals were slicker than goose crap on linoleum in the Dwight Ball resignation announcement.
One day Dwight was a happy, if embattled, premier. A couple of days later the dice were tumbling into place for a leadership succession. I wasn’t rocked to my boots by the announced exit. Word was
It was the day of the rate mitigation press conference that this odd feeling of déjà vu swept over me. We always seem to be in the middle of something that has us peering over the edge of a steep cliff. That cliff, often, is of our own making. I
There are little signposts along the way to remind you of where you are on “the great path of life.“ Look at your own preferences and attitudes and you get a little glimpse into the idea that you aren’t getting any younger.
Recently St. John’s City Council wrestled with
The world of commerce sure knows how to make money through the commercialization of what were once religious celebrations and feast days. Consider first of all Christmas, where a flashing credit card helps us celebrate the birth of the Christ.
I am fond of saying; tis a long way
The danger of writing to current events is that you can be “overtaken” by those events. That is the caution I offer as I take up pen to speak to the latest quickly moving story in The House of Windsor.
This story is like an iceberg; mostly underwater. In a
‘When there are that many people gathered in one place and seeking the necessities of life there is always cause for concern.’
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It was close you know. The snow crisis that was Blizzard 2020 has passed and it is time to assess the events that crippled St. John’s and
It has almost all been said. In the week since the death of John Crosbie, stories of his list of accomplishments in various political arenas have been told and told again.
Crosbie was a giant and he was one of those “great men of history” who weren’t just towed along
In politics I have an open mind. Well sort of. I usually vote Liberal but that’s media people of my age. A general liberal arts education kind of points you in that direction; at least it did.
I am amazed these days at how it is that many of the
The pages from the months of October, November, and December have fluttered from the 2019 calendar and drifted into history and we have moved into January. Christmas had a bit of snow which messed up some travel plans but it wasn’t the end of the world and that is part