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On the Internet, what’s old is new again
Whaaassuup? Once upon a time in the cybersphere, I awoke many mornings to tidings from a Nigerian prince in dire need of my inestimable services as a funnel for his improbable wealth. “Dear sir,” the...
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Belly-button-peering boomers don’t worry, be happy
Who says I’m not happy? As the days trundle by like rocks, gathering speed, rolling down a hill, my thoughts frequently turn inward; and from such reverie a question inevitably arises: Am I happy? I...
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Out of the mouths of babes as the wrecking ball swings
It is, perhaps, only natural to expect a fundamentally good economic-development idea in this province to fall prey to petty, partisan politics, posturing and breathtakingly vast buckets of bovine...
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What’s another weasel word for ‘waterboarding’?
Oh, Dick Cheney; God, love you, man. At least, you’d better hope the Almighty has a soft spot in his eternal, cosmic heart for ilk such as yours. Down here, on planet Earth, we mortals wrote you off...
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My big picture on world views
In recent months, readers of this column have sometimes complained that my opinions about politics, the economy and life as we live it in this alternately blessed and benighted corner of the...
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Whose democracy is it, anyway?
If those who doubted that the national police force is now working for the political office of the reigning government, let those fine, pristine sensibilities fade into the harsh reality of a hard,...
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Runaway foot-in-mouth disease
And they all fall down, right on cue. Nowadays, it seems, a hard-working, right-wing politician just can’t get his mojo on without, first, publicly blurting nonsense that offends a large number of...
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As the fracking follies continue. . .
It’s always heartening to realize that those we elect to high, public office hold each other to the same standard of comportment as do the rest of us. After all, if we can’t count on the statesmen...
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A voice from the wilderness
Permanent winter for a Moncton events centre? Was it only a stitch in time, a hiccup in history, a diaphanous dream, or did Greater Moncton once actually believe that its downtown was worth preserving,...
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Arrrrg word!
Is recession a natural phenomenon, attached to the human species the way the weather attaches to Earth, itself? Or, is it a conjurer’s trick of the imagination – a self-fulfilling prophecy – fated to...
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Trumped on trade
Following the first presidential debate between The Trumpster and The Hillanator, Saturday Night Live staged a bit in which the comic playing Mrs. Clinton suddenly broke down and wept tears of joy.”...
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A ‘Nickelback’ for your thoughts
As the season of charity and good humour rapidly encroaches, it aggrieves me to note that the Alberta-based rock band Nickelback is anything but amused. The object of its ire is a Prince Edward Island...
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As the sun swims down below the horizon faster as every day passes, the temptation is to believe that so do we all. Perhaps, that’s a natural, if not entirely reasonable, conclusion. Time passes, the...
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A bridge too far?
These days, when I cross the water between Halifax and Dartmouth, I sometimes find myself denying the existence of bridges, especially during rush hour. This is despite the fact that I am evidently...
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