June 17:Lots of news.
But not in the Irving press.Here is the report on the "Russian mobilization for war" that the editors of the irving press figure we don't need to know. Read it…
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June 16: A mad, mad, mad, mad world.
Britain is approaching a referendum to leave the European Union, a vote often referred to as Brexit. I can't even pretend to know all the ins and outs of this…
June 15: This is long….
...maybe I need to find a life.The headline, the big story, in today's irving press is that the library and the Moncton High School preservation group don't agree on moving…
August 14: computer crash
It happened on Sunday. So I'm just back to work late on Tuesday. So this may be a short blog. Luckily, there's nothing in the Irving press today or yesterday…
June 11: And so, good night.
A reader, noting my interest in the Koch brothers, sent along this item about a news station in Georgia. I takes a pretty blunt look at what has happened to…
June 10: I am not a happy boy
Yesterday, I spent some hours reading news sources, then several hours more writing. Much of what I wrote was uncomplimentary to some people in our midst. But it had to…
June 8: The tragedy of New Brunswick
New Brunswickers are sheep who BA-A only when the Irvings tell them to. As a result, they are among the poorest in Canada and easily controlled by some of the…
June 7:The news that isn’t in the irving press
Here's an interesting piece from CBC about how we are being robbed, really robbed, every day by the wealthy. It begins with the tax havens, and goes on to the…
June 6: The things we cannot have….
There are things we cannot do. There are things we cannot have. Most of us heard that from our parents. And our parents were right. There's no point whining about…
June 4:Our failure to help our police
(This one is a little late. Sorry.)I have often mentioned that we are passing through a revolution. In fact, it is almost over. The police state is here with domestic…
June 3: A long one, I’m afraid.
I have stopped following the U.S. leadership races. I have no desire to watch a nation in steep decay. Both Trump and Clinton almost entirely ignore the real problems facing…
May 2: How to write an editorial without saying anything
Today, I received my copy of The Brief (NBmediacoop.org). It has a story that our irving newspaper missed. Irving should be paying a property tax of 8 million dollars a…
June 1: What can I say?
The big news, the banner headline of the day, is that we're going to get an extra telephone area code in New Brunswick. It's really amazing how the news media…
May31: What a dreary world!
There are very serious issues facing us, issues that reach right down to the local and provincial levels. One of the biggest is the Panama Papers. All over the world…
May 30: Too much news.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/drowned-baby-picture-migrant-1.3607030Canadians fought and died in World War Two for many reasons. Many joined up from a sense of loyalty to Britain. Many joined up because there were no jobs. My…
May 28: A headline about a story! But there’s no story.
Today's headline story is a real headline story. The provincial government is delaying any decision on fracking. Unfortunately, neither the government nor the story have much to say about why.…
May 27: Get mad. Please.
Today's irving headline is not only the cheapest of sensationalism passing as news, it shows a stunning ignorance of recent history, and an insensitivity to Irish Catholics in general .…
May 25: Warning!!
Recently, this site has attracted a very large audience in the U.S. It has always had a steady, but small, U.S. readership - something to be expected of a blog…
May 25: God bless Moncton’s economic leaders.
Let's see. Moncton wants to make its downtown core more active. One of the most active buildings in the downtown core is the public library. It's conveniently located for library…
May 24: And the state of the world is not my fault.
Let's not even pretend that section A has any news. The headline, the big story YOU need to know, is that city councils in New Brunswick are sworn in with…