July 26: This and that…
I read the New York Times with caution these days. But I was impressed by the following opinion column in it. After years of staring with glazed eyes at the…
I read the New York Times with caution these days. But I was impressed by the following opinion column in it. After years of staring with glazed eyes at the…
Oh, you won’t find any fascism in Section A news. In fact, you won’t find anything in section A news. The headline on the front page assures us the provincial…
….he characterized the Greek government as radical and leftist-led. That may not seem very important. But last night I was reminded it was important. I was checking the CBC news…
If you have tears, prepare to shed them now. I have just finished writing by blog – twice. And twice I have lost it for no reason I can understand.…
There really is no blog today. I have written it twice, and both times, somehow, have accidentally erased it, and cannot undo the damage. And at this hour, I’m not…
The front page of the TandT is always something pithy and stirring. Today, Irving reporters asked the tough question of Justin Trudeau. Will he ask for help from premier Gallant…
The newspapers of the Irving press are designed, as a leading purpose to keep New Brunswickers in ignorance of what is going on in New Brunswick and around the world.…
I despise the Toronto Sun almost as much as I do the Irving press. So when I first read its story about a very, very young Princess Elizabeth being taught…
The Irving press at last has the story of the oil spill. But the reporter managed to write the whole story without calling it oil. ( I mean, why alarm…
Friday, like today (Thursday) will be a busy day for me. So I’m starting this blog this evening – and will finish tomorrow. So the part about what’s in Irving…
This day, I am at the shore, and so will have only a short blog. It’s also grim. It’s about what recent events in Greece mean for us. The source,…
http://www.latimes.com/sports/sportsnow/la-sp-sn-john-oliver-rails-publicly-financed-stadiums-20150714-story.html This is from the Los Angeles Times, and it’s about taxpayer funded stadiums (and events centres).They are, according to the report, boondoggles for wealthy team owners who don’t want…
The US and Iran have signed a deal that Iran will not build nuclear weapons – something Iran wasn’t doing, anyway. And will t his bring peace to the middle…
” Pope visits Paraguay slum, urges churches to welcome the sick, strangers, sinners.” That’a the big story of the Pope’s visit to South America? You’ll find it on B6 of…
No, this will not be Sunday’s sermon. It will be about the collapse of religious and of professional ethics in the western world. I group the two together because we…
This is the equivalent of a class newspaper for grades six and seven. Even the Commentary by Gwynne Dyer is a pretty bland one for most Canadian readers. I’m becoming…
..the amonnt Mr. Irving donates to charities? No. Average collection for the whole congregation on a Sunday at the Irving Chapel with special music and coffee? No. 198.7 billion dollars…
…as I’m off to the shore with my children and grandchildren. Luckily, there’s almost nothing to say about the Irving press today. The editorial is yet another simple-minded piece of…
It looks like the kind of mental bubble gum you read in those tabloids at the supermarket. – as in “Lady Camilla having affair with Muslim preacher”. But it’s the…
Moncton City Council has approved a reguest to borrow $95 million for an “events centre”. The carrot that drew the donkey on was the story that this would produce immense…