(Taken from the Nov 18-24 issue)
The political reality of the right wing movement known as “Trumpism” is alive and well. That was the big take-away from the midterm elections in the United States. The Democrats did take back control of the House, but the Senate still belongs to the
Nothing is more interesting than provincial politics. No endeavour is more volatile. During the past week or so the ship that is the Liberal Party has come perilously close to the rocks.
It isn’t on the rocks, but they had better watch out. There are rocks out there. First, there
The legalization of marijuana has come upon us and the world didn’t collapse. There aren’t wandering gangs of wild-eyed potheads roaming the streets looking to overthrow the government.
This is a good opportunity to tell you a story from the good old days and a road not taken. In the
Bruce Marsh was a television announcer at CBC. He had a wonderfully rich and comforting voice. He did the voice-over commercial for Kraft Foods on the programs they sponsored. He was the staff announcer. Juliette on Saturday nights after hockey was one of those programs.
Why do I tell you
You know he fact that Brett Kavanaugh is now sitting as a Justice of the Supreme Court should come as no surprise to anyone. In the final analysis the case against him on sexual assault allegations was not strong. In fact you could drive a truck through the holes in
You know it is a real privilege to have opinions published weekly. Usually I’m not short of an opinion to foist off on the public. It allows you to speak your mind (such as it is).
This week is a real challenge though because the question being faced comes from
I loved the byelection in the district of Windsor Lake and followed it poll by poll online. Halfway through the campaign I thought Paul Antle and the Liberals would scrape out a win. Closer to election day I moved in the other direction and thought Ches Crosbie would eke it
Several years ago I wrote about the seasons in Newfoundland as defined “in the old days,” not by the calendar of Pope Gregory, but rather by the events that helped us survive another year in the Atlantic. The cod fishery, the seal hunt, the caplin scull; they were all part
Taken from the Sept.23-29 issue
I went to Dee Murphy’s wake on Saturday afternoon. I went early for a very specific reason. I knew there was going to be a crowd. Carnell’s Funeral Home was blocked on the weekend of Dee’s passing.
It is the same reason I went early
A little news story caught my eye last night that brought home to me how unready we are for the legalization of marijuana. The item was whether you could smoke weed on a golf course once marijuana becomes legal. One course wanted to ban it.
Here is the issue. If