Author: Graeme Decarie

It was the scariest thing I have ever seen, a monster gathering of braying jackasses to choose the man who could be the next leader of the most powerful country in the world. A centrepiece was the appearance of Clint Eastwood. Now, I like Clint Eastwood flics. Call me lowbrow,

…about a house being moved. I really needed to know that. It gives me a much clearer idea of what the issues are in New Brunswick, and in the world. Of course, it might be better to know a little bit about the Bruce Springsteen show. Oh, I know he

On Tuesday, September 4, from 7 to 8 pm, the Current Events group will meet at Moncton Library. This time, I have decided to enter the lions’ den. I will be talking about languages in New Brunswick. I had a good deal of experience in this. I was, for at

Back from two days at the beach. Who else could have chosen to go to the beach on the old two days of this summer that have been cloudy, cold, and west? I read The Moncton Times and Transcript for the days I was away. They were really models of

First, happy birthday to me. It’s so wonderful to be 25.  again. In celebration, I’m off to the shore from Monday afternoon to Wednesday afternoon – and don’t know whether I’ll be able to get on the web from there. Section A of today’s Moncton Times and Tribune has nothing

I write today because after a far too lazy summer, I may go to the shore for Tuesday and Wednesday to do something manly and strenuous and athletic and brave – wade out to the sandbars at low tide. (I laugh in danger’s face.) So, since there’s no TandT to

Wow! It’s right there. Almost a whole front page story about Bruce Springsteen coming to Magnetic Hill. And there’s also a great, cat story. PLUS almost a whole page about Springsteen on A13, PLUS a photo of Bruce, himself.  Oh, I could die; I could just die. AND there’s an

There’s an interesting story on p. A1 about veterans revisiting Juno Beach, where the Canadians landed on D-Day. Unfortunately, it hints at the old myth that D-Day succeeded because of lessons the British generals learned at Dieppe. That is nonsense. Most British generals, including Montgomery, warned the government that the

Harry the Stripper is a story that didn’t make The Moncton Times and Transcript. After all it’s role is to protect New Brunswickers from an evil world of unions and environmentalists and shale gas protestors –  and naked princes. But you can get the story, with photos, in just about

http://rt.com/usa/news/trapwire-abraxas-cubic-surveillance-251/http://rt.com/news/christine-assange-slams-journalist-080/ Above are two sites sent to me by a reader. Both are important. Neither has appeared in The Moncton Times and Transcript.  The particularly frightening one is the one called trapwire. This is a system for government spying (contracted out to a private company) which can cover virtually every

…and they even tell you on p. 1 which Moncton bars  are expanding their range – and how Pump House has reached a milestone and, oh, just everything.And the story covers almost half a page. Boy, nothing escapes the fearless reporters of The Moncton Times and Transcript. There are, by

For the third day, there is a front page story about people flying kites – along with one and a half pages of pictures of kites for those who don’t know what one looks like. D1 has the big news that Rihanna still misses her ex-boyfriend. This is a newspaper

There’s everything from excellent to puerile in today’s Moncton Times and Transcript. So let’s get the crap out of the way to go on to what’s worth talking about.1. There is no news whatever on anything of importance to Moncton or the province. (Unless, of course, you    just can’t

….I would never have to write. It’s about a major story that did not appear in The Moncton Times and Transcript. In fact, no major story appeared anywhere in this most trivial and vapid edition of a newspaper I have even seen. The only item of any note is a

I’m actually writing this on the night of August 15 because I had an interesting note from a reader. (You can check it at the end of the column for August 15.) He says  he doesn’t like western imperialism, but might it not be better for Syria than rule by

Today’s report on Syria is a gem of an example of bad reporting. You know, if you read every report on Syria that ever appeared in the Irving Press, you would still have no idea what has been going on there. In papers around the world, it’s long been recognized

Congratulations to the Moncton Times and Transcript for giving prompt and prominent space (p.1) to the story of how four citizens confronted the provincial government on its refusal to explain why the site for a new Moncton High was chosen. The government says it doesn’t have to. The court says,

The last thing I remember of Wednesday night was lying helpless on my back with a masked man standing over me.  He had a knife. Then all went black. When I came to, many hours later, a young woman was prodding me in a normally no trespassing area, while another was doing

But first, read p. A3, “Headstart needs school supplies”. Read it! And hang your head in shame. All credit to Headstart for putting itself up front to help buy school supplies for children whose parents can’t afford it. All credit to Headstart. But we give tax breaks in ten and

It is extremely rare, especially in North America, to find a journalist who a clue of what education is about. There are journalistic experts galore on hockey and baseball and football. And, certainly, no news medium would dream of letting just anybody cover a sports story. Every news medium I ever worked