Precious but obsolete?

100 years ago, young men did not usually rise to positions of power and authority until what are now considered retirement ages for many. Women didn’t get there at any age. Young men started a Junior Chamber of Commerce to help young men between 18 and 40 develop leadership skills. The organization eventually grew into […]

Make hockey public good and national pride

Make hockey a force for public good and national pride. The justification for organized sports used to be character building. The saying used to be that the battle of Waterloo was won on the playing fields of Eton. When I played Rugby Union in Southwestern Ontario in the 1950s, we were expected to applaud exceptional […]

SCOC First Nations Lobster

The Supreme Court of Canada is not to blame for lack of “moderate livelihood” definition.

Thankful 2020

I’m feeling a bit guilty for having so much to be thankful for this Thanksgiving week-end. Being retired, I can engage with the outside world at my own convenience and at the quiet times of the day and week. I live in New Brunswick where the Premier is decisive and aggressive in taking action to […]

The Swan Project

This article excited and inspired me when it was originally published in 2010. I think it could make a wonderful play or movie. Lane DeGregory is a Pulitzer Prize journalist with the now Tampa Bay Times. I’m posting this copyright material because the article has already disappeared once in a Times IT update. I’m afraid […]

Golden era in NB

Walter Learning died this week. The Newfoundlander who founded and directed Theatre New Brunswick’s first years was part of a group who made the1970s and 1980s a golden era in New Brunswick culture. Alden Nowlan, Leo Ferrari, Miramichiers Ray Fraser, David Adams Richards, and Jim Stewart and Premier Richard Hatfield were the principals. Individually and […]

Golden era in New Brunswick

Foster children need affection

December 10, 2019 New Brunswick children in foster or group homes are being horribly neglected and abused by the structure of the system that is supposed to rescue and support them. The Telegraph Journal’s series Broken Homes is a heart wrenching eye opener. Mike Landry and Michael Robinson with a side commentary by Nathalie Sturgeon, […]

Banks’ dangerously neglect clients

The major banks and credit card companies are carelessly dangerous in the treatment of their customers. For example, when I once found a lost credit card card (National Bank) I called to report it and was INSTRUCTED to take it to a police station. The operator also refused to inform the owner of the card […]

Free speech again in peril

Friday, August 18, 2017 There is a graphic going around Facebook that illustrates the thinking of Karl Popper. The core of the graphic is Popper’s idea that unlimited tolerance leads to the victory of the intolerant and, therefore, intolerance. https://i.redd.it/tlyoidfqe3gz.png https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Popper That idea is being promoted this week in light of the events in Charlottesville […]

keep looking »