July 27: The ultimate in non-news….
When the front page carries a big story that the CEO of Walmart is all excited about developing sales in Moncton, you know this is going to be a slow…
Graeme Decarie
July 26: The world has changed….
……but the Times and Transcript didn’t notice. On Wednesday, the US Congress defeated two bills. This means it has confirmed and made permanent the greatest changes we have seen in…
July 25: Another drab day for the Tand T…
In section A, the only interesting thing is a line at the top – above the paper’s name. “”Up-to -the- minute breaking news every time.” But once you’ve read that…
July 24: Fast-breaking news…Irving press style
Yes, it’s right there at the top of p B1. “Lawsuit launched over train disaster”. Now, there’s a story that broke some days ago.But – better late than never. Yes.…
July 23:A slow day in the world..I mean s l o w….
On the op ed page, the one that is supposed to stimulate thought, deepen understanding, etc., Alan Cochrane tells us a a story about his doggy-woggy. As for news in…
July 22: Wow! Wow! Wow!
George “Skip” Wallin is back in letters to the editor. And, what a thrill! He’s once again been chosen by Letters editor Rod Allen as Letter of the Day. He…
July 21, Just a brief, Sunday note….
I’ve been out of touch with them for quite a while, but all the mafia I knew were great church attenders. Mostly Catholics, they usually made the earliest mass on…
July 20: I really don’t want to say this, but….
…it has to be said.I do not think columnist George Sullivan is an evil man. I’m sure he does not think of himself as being prejudiced. My own feeling is…
July 19: IRVING NAMED IN MEGANTIC LAWSUITS
That should have been the headline, page 1, in every paper of the Irving press today. Fifty people were killed. There is a link to Irving Oil, and to the…
July 18: Why hasn’t Jim Irving visited Lac Megantic?
Mr. Burkhardt, president of the railway that destroyed Lac Megantic and killed some fifty people, took five days to get up, brush his teeth, have a leisurely breakfast, and drop…
July 17: I’m sorry, I’m sorry. Life is heck….
I’ve been all day fixing my computer. (So I got my son to fix it.) So this is a very late blog – possibly a short one. A reader wrote…
July 16: burned yesterday, power lost, no air conditioner all night, no sleep, still no power…
working on a (very) strange computer, lots of aches, depressed, annoyed…THE WORLD MUST PAY ATTENTION, Among lesser issues, the TandT has yet another letter from George (Skip) Wallin. He writes…
july 15: The asking of questions….
Picture an Irving Press reporter asking Joseph Stalin, “Were you nice to Ukrainians Mr. Stalin?” Stalin smiles and nods, and the Irving reporter scampers back with the next day’s headline.…
July 14:This is the making of history….
New Brunswick is, almost certainly, going through the most important political and economic moment it has seen in a hundred and fifty years – and more. The corruption and the…
July 13: On renovating your mansion in the correct style
You’ll find this useful article in the Home and Garden section, p. 1. It features Bill Clinton’s home (Georgian style), along with multi, multi million dollar homes in Gothic Revival…
June 12: "Iwalked in the garden alone….
“While the dew was still on the roses…”My father, a mechanic, loved to sing hymns, putting all 250 pounds of him into it. And, from the age of eleven, I…
July 11: journalistic scumbags..
…that’s a lower category than presstitutes. 1. A reader has informed me that Dr. Cleary, our Chief Medical Officer whose advice those twits in Federicton ignored when she warned about…
July 10: What newspapers cannot do…
Last night, on Youtube, I watched some of the many videos of the fire and explosions in Lac Megantic. No amount of reading could prepare me for the horror of…
July 9: Fuss, feathers, and my crash….
I know. Tuesday at 4 p.m. is late to start a blog that should have been finished before noon – especially after missing yesterday. Look, I have issues, okay? I…
The most terrifying book…..
(This was written a week ago. It appears dated for Sunday only because I shall be out of touch with my computer that day.) Adrian Levy and Catherine Scott-Clark, Deception:…