July 20: Words, words, words…..
Sixty years ago, a United Nations army had pushed back a North Korean army onto its own territory, and was going through it like a hot knife through butter. China,…
Graeme Decarie
The Moncton Times@Transcript – Good and Bad 2012-07-19 11:26:00
Today, Norbert has a quite amusing column on how we get confused about the words we think we heard in songs, as in “While shepherds washed their socks by night,…
July 18: Kings and popes and emperors….
When King Louis XIV woke up in the morning, courtiers would crush into his room to flatter him about the grace with which he put his pants on, the delicacy…
July 17: Quelle surprise! It’s hot out.
Last night, I wrote a brief blog on two stories that had appeared yesterday in major newspapers. They were kind of important. One was a story that Saudi Arabia may…
July 16 addendum: what won’t be in the TandT July17
For July 16, the Washington Post web site carries a story that a former CIA contractor who had access to top level information has published an on-line book saying that…
July 16: Northrop Frye and all that
On the weekend, I dropped off some books at the library So I saw the fine image of Northrop Frye sitting on a bench at the entrance. I’m sure he…
Wow! lots of pictures of not-very-old cars
That pretty much sums up todays’ news in The Moncton Times and Tribune. Page 1 is headed by a photo of a 2008 Mustang. Now there’s something you don’t see…
July 13: Target to take over Zellers…….
……Wow! Stop the presses. Front page for sure. Meanwhile, the only important story in section A is on p. 2. All NB Liberal leadership candidates have taken a position to…
July 12: a real news story on p. A1
Breaking with its tradition of the top story of the day being something about a cute budgie, The Moncton Times and Transcript led with a well written story by Brent…
July 11: Something good….
Today’s editorial is good. It’s well-written. It’s logical. There’s no rant in it. This is what an editorial should look like. The subject is the great plan to allow parking…
July10: lesson one: the headline
The headline should reflect the theme of the news story. That’s important because the headline is what people remember. In fact, it will often be the only part of the…
July 9: Our aristocracy
The first section of today’s Moncton Times and Transcript will be a treat for those who just love close-up pictures of rubber boots in the mud at a rock concert…
July 7: I didn’t actually win the $50,000,000, but…
It was last night’s lottery. Fifty million plus fifty more of one million each. I had one number right. I took that as a good sign for things to come;…
July 6: Wow! Evergy industries, corruption,…
….government and regulators on the take, tremendous dangers, death toll unpredictable…..a government-apppointed, expert panel tells terrible story of the betrayal by government, the corruptiong of inspectors and regulars, and the…
July 5: Was i wrong yesterday?
I’m afraid I must have been wrong. This was the blog in which I said Norbert Cunningham, in writing a report of a book on how our energy and environmental…
July 4: Lord love a duck…..
….Norbert’s read another book. Two, actually. And once again, they are books that have revealed the secrets of the ages to him and they foretell the future; and so Norbert…
June 3: The news vacuum.
There is a story on p. C8 that deserves a close reading – very close. “UNB eyes role in continuing shale gas debate” Sounds reasonable. Except…. The statement is from…
June 1: The news we never hear……
Lots bout news we never hear for today… For openers, there’s the howler told by Greg Coleman of Romspan mortgage (a company that needs rezoning cooperation from Moncton City Council)…
June 30: Criticizing a newspaper that has no news…
…….ca be very difficult. The purpose of the Irving press is to keep people uninfomed. That’s why it has staff writers for the op ed page who say nothing at…
June 29: You are a reporter, and….
….a world-famous heart surgeon visits your city. You ask him, “Tell me, Mr. world-famous heart surgeon, what is the best way to drive a car?” With this, you write your…