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…
Graeme Decarie
July 25: the many faces of fascism
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…
July 25: Yesterday, I wrote of how a reporter handled the Greece crisis…
….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…
July 23: The Irving press does it again.
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.…
Is John McCain a war hero?
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…
July 21: Be still, my heart….
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…
July 20: What can I say?
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.…
July 19: Thoughts on a rainy Sunday
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…
July 19: Why. it isn’t oil and at all. It’s bitumen. Oh, that makes it different.
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…
July 17:
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…
July 16:bad news
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,…
The Moncton Times@Transcript – Good and Bad 2015-07-15 14:04:00
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…
July 14: Wonderful!
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…
July 13: LIARS
” 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…
July 12: religion without morality. professions without ethics…..
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…
July: There is nothing in today’s Irving press worth commenting on.
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…
July 10: 198.7 billion dollars….
..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…
July 9: Just a short on today…
…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…
July 8:Man uses gun to kidnap girlfriend for sex game…
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…
July 7: So they’ve been and gone and done it.
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…