http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/mexico-earthquake-tsunami-city-central-america-1.4280296 Coincidence? Meanwhile, yesterday’s irving press had an excellent column by Alec Bruce on the reality of climate change. Alas! It also had its usual ‘commentary’ by a politician. (If…
Values? They’re a crock. Most of us humans don’t have any values. We just have prejudices that we call values. Canadians have gone from murdering native peoples to holding slaves,…
A couple of days ago, some unqualified bootlicker (director of 5 corporations) wrote a column for the irving press in praise of privatizing some of our medical services. And –…
Today, I’ll start with a commentary from this day’s irving press. (Actually, I have to mention that today’s paper has an excellent column on education by Alec Bruce. New Brunswickers…
.So here goes. It was May 8, 1945. I was late for grade 6 – again. So the teacher sent me home – with a note. I was one frightened…
First, a third and final piece on what the wars of the last 150 years have been about. Then excerpts from various news media. The Nature of Warfare Since 1871________________________________________________After…
Part 1 of 2 parts on the causes of war since the late nineteenth century. The fears about the rise of German industry proved correct. It was soon serious competition…
With apologies, I am going to try something different today. To understand current events, it’s important to understand them in a very broad context of years and places. It’s not…
“If Rural NB Wants Better Public Services, It has to Pay More” That’s the headline on Norbert Cunningham’s column today. Yeah. They want bread? Let them eat cake. It’s smug,…
The lead story in Canada&World News for August 16 was ‘N.B. cabinet minister condemns U.S, violence’. Actually, racist hatred was what I first noticed about the maritimes when I came…
We use them every day without understanding them. Take the words Nazi and Fascist. We all agree they’re bad. But I’ve never met anyone who understands what they mean. That’s…
I have often seen letters in the irving press suggesting that we should elect more private business leaders to run out governments. The argument is that they have more understanding…
A friend of my high school days was very, very religious. He belonged to the Pentecostal church and, after getting a degree he entered the Penecostal clergy to become a…
Nobert Cunningham, in his daily commentary for the irving press, says on Thursday that our schools should be teaching children to think. That was a brave thing to suggest because,…
Here’s a story that’s a year old – one I missed at the time. In fact, It also connects with several stories at the bottom of the reading. It’s a…
I never miss the irving press. It’s always a world class stinker. The Saturday editorial, for example, suggested we reduce the cost of university education in New Brunswick. Rubbish! We’re…
This is going to be a very difficult blog for me to write. I know some readers will be angry – mostly because they will read into it things I…
A new record for the irving press on July 31. All the news of Canada&World is just 4 pages. The lead story, the most important thing in the world to…
Please note that there is also a new blog just before this one. It’s dated July 30 and is intended for New Brunswick readers – but it may have points…
To begin this post, go to images on your computer. Type in Raoul Leger Bouctouche. There, probably in the first picture to come up, you will see a handsome and…
