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
Truth be told, for someone like me who thrives on lists and rankings, I have a difficult time with the concept of ‘best of’. Why? Subjectivity. Let me give you a good example.
A family member who shall remain nameless remarked when discussing the pizza he had sampled in Italy
Sitting down to chat with the ladies from this week’s special feature, ‘Wonder Women,’ was interesting to say the least.
Stephanie O’Brien had strongly insisted I participate, though as the writer of the piece as well as a participant, I knew it would be challenging. Plus, sometimes I just don’t
I always preface articles about the Royals by saying I myself am an unashamed and unapologetic monarchist.
My life has been lived out in kind of a lock step with the George VI and his family and then Elizabeth II and her family including Charles who grew up in the
It is time to exhale now. We have come through the high tension of Christmas and we got all the necessary things done or at least most of them. It was tense at times. That is all part of the holiday season. It’s not all O Holy Night and
What a difference a year makes. You wouldn’t normally consider that 12 months could make or break lives, loves or opinions, but then again we do live in a particularly interesting time in our history.
Take politics, to start. There’s P.M. Justin Trudeau. Entering 2019, P.E.’s boy was no longer
There was a time when we Christians were in the iron grip of “Holy Mother Church.” That is how Catholics were wont to label the “head office” of their brand of Christianity anyway.
You don’t hear it much anymore because times have changed but really, the Church had a hold
Around this time last year I answered the phone at my desk. It was a woman, near tears and filled with emotion, who wanted to express an encounter she had with Herald president Scott Stirling.
Having no idea what I was about to hear, and with some trepidation, I encouraged