Everyday heroes, usual suspects
Mary Richardson is not a wealthy woman. Normally she might not be considered a powerful woman – one of the heavy hitters in the community. Mary has, however, pulled off an impressive, generous and inspiring feat. In one year of wheeling and wheedling, organizing and hustling and the lavish application of personal elbow […]
Power corrupts
John Emerich Edward Acton, Lord Acton, 1834 – 1902, was a writer, publisher, and political philosopher. He is mostly known for his statement that power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Many other things he originally said ring just as true and eternal. Quotes Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men […]
Make education nimble, accessible
Citizens of New Brunswick are currently considering and debating the recommendations of the PSE (Post Secondary Education) commission. Its authors have recommended reorganizing and melding community colleges and universities into a new structure. One recommendation would combine some college and university programs in polytechnical institutions. As is so often the case, the debate […]
Inspirational examples
Leicester and Nottingham Forest were engaged in a League Cup football match. Nottingham Forest took an early one-goal lead. Then a Nottingham Forest player collapsed with a heart attack. As a result, the game was cancelled. He survived, by the way. When the teams met to play again, The Leicester team gave the Nottingham Forest […]
Project Earth part of problem
In the daily papers last week was a supplement for “Project Earth – Partners in Time.” It’s about conservation, recycling, pollution treatment and environmental projects generally. Ironically, the supplement itself is an example of waste. Each and every article is printed in both French and English roughly doubling the size of the […]
Miramichi Nighthawks International
Many, many years ago, my father, a morning person, called at seven a.m. on a Saturday to tell me a great idea he had had for a story I could do in the paper. I had just got in at five. He insisted that it was a wonderful day and I should be […]
Harvest Jazz & Blues Festival among the best run anywhere
My children buy me an ultimate pass to the Fredericton Harvest Jazz & Blues Festival, which takes place the second week of September each year. It started off well 17 years ago and has steadily evolved into an event so well run it has to compare favourably with any festival anywhere. The first […]
Metepenagiag Heritage Park project an amazing triumph for community
Metepenagiag Heritage Park is an amazing triumph for the Mi’kmaq community also known as Red Bank. It is owned and operated by an independent community corporation, Metepenagiag Heritage Park Inc. Every element of the message it presents is the consensus of the community and its elders. It goes far beyond being the significant tourist attraction […]
Science verifies Cadogan sex law
One of Cadogan’s laws is that there are only two things going on in the universe. One of them is sex. The other is foreplay. It is gratifying to be able to report that science has confirmed the validity of this observation. An article about a book by two evolutionary psychologists, Satoshi […]
Recognizing a stroke
Recognizing a stroke Remember the “3” steps, S..T..R Read and Learn! Sometimes symptoms of a stroke are difficult to identify. Unfortunately, the lack of awareness spells disaster. The stroke victim may suffer severe brain damage when people nearby fail to recognize the symptoms of a stroke. Now doctors say a bystander can recognize a stroke […]
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