With record-breaking cold temperatures sifting across the countryside day after day and night after…
A prolonged problem
Economists remain puzzled because the sluggish economy has not recovered more. After all,…
Alpha Romeo and me
Around this time every year, life starts to feel like a traffic jam – and I’m stuck in…
More to be done
Prejudices slowly are disappearing in Canada. One by one we have started to eliminate biases that…
A perfect day
It’s been a long winter, and there is more to come. When the cabin fever seeps in, I take…
Short-termism
Nowadays businesses here seem beset by short-termism, focusing their attention on immediate…
Denim dreams for the season
Unlike most women I know, I do not enjoy shopping for clothes. I find the whole experience…
SOAR
I’ll bet you dollars to doughnuts there are fewer than 10 per cent of readers, of the over…
Frosty Freeze
I now believe what the weather forecasters have been nattering about when reporting the weather,…
Anti-terrorism bill is needed
Last month’s column mentioned the need for new legislation to combat terrorism. On Jan. 30,…
Why the difference
Most of us have noted that the sticker price of goods in Canada is much higher for the same things…
Quast, Betty
Quast, Betty, nee Robinson. It was 20 past 12 noon on the sixth day of March. I was slumped in…
Broadway Baby
Sometimes you just have to buy the tickets. Ignore the account balance. Pick up the phone, use the…
Being rushed
Why do people nowadays feel so rushed? It is a common complaint that everybody, everywhere seems to…
Fired up – but in smoke
I have heard some pretty clever excuses for why the Carpenter doesn’t want to cook dinner…