Jan. 12: A very Moncton Times and Transcriptish sort of edition…
The front page wins back its spot as the “dumb-down” page with a big story about how Tim Horton’s is changing its cup sizes.Just above it is another piece of…
Graeme Decarie
Jan. 11: my own conspiracy theory….
(my pologies for nissing a day. I had computer problems. But I spoke sharply to it, so it is now working properly.) Since, once again, the Moncton Times and Tribune…
Jan. 9: Why corporations don’t give a damn about the damage they do…
In that variety of capitalism we like to call “free market” (because free is a nice word), there is no morality, no responsibility, no mercy. The corporation exists to make…
Jan. 7: I awoke about seven…..
showered, dressed, and took the stairs down to the ground floor (I could have taken the elevator; but I wanted the exercise so I could become beautiful again); walked out…
Jan. 6: hockey, convention centres, and main street.
Ste. Catherine St. was the main shopping street of Montreal for most of the twentieth century. It was the street of the great department stores, the popular restaurants, the clubs,…
Jan. 5: Sorry for today…
After weeks of packing, moving, and unpacking, I find I just can’t write a coherent column today. There’s really nothing in the Moncton TandT on this Jan. 5, anyway except…
Jan. 4: The new year..
The banner headline of the Moncton Times and Trnascript for today is that the mayor of neighbouring Dieppe will not seek re-election. Wow! The advice of Eric Lewis on the…
Jan. 3: No news news
I didn’t even attempt to write a blog on yesterday’s Times and Transcript. There was simply nothing in it. The whole day after New Year’s Day edition was about what…
Dec. 29: Hey! Donne-moi un break…
The story leads the NewsToday section. The American Council on Science and Health tells us that fracking is not a threat to health. Isn’t that nice? And the council is…
Dec.28: Back to the Future….
One of the problems in understanding the news is to figure out what to believe in various sources. For example, today I came across a story which quoted a medical…
Dec. 23: The silly season, lack of ethics, the usual…
There is really no news in today’s Moncton Times and Transcript. There is just triviality, horoscope, comics… In other words, it’s business as usual at the TandT. That makes Norbert’s…
Dec.22: the news media – entertainment, propaganda, trivia, very little news.
Again, most of today’s TandT is trivial. Again, important news is barely touched on. There’s still no analyis (and barely a mention) of the bill allowing the US army to…
Dec. 21: another dog lost in Moncton…
For the second day in a row, front page news in The Moncton Times and Transcript is the flash that another dog is missing in Moncton. Well, maybe not a…