The previous two columns described Harriston’s political battle in 1953 and 1954 to build an…
Going down
There is an old saying that, “Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.” Nevertheless,…
Looking to escape winter?
The nasty weather of last week made me dream again of travel to one of the warm and beautiful…
Eat Local
Ever since The Advertiser started putting my column on the world wide web, I have received…
Beaten candidate tried to unseat Arthur’s 1908 reeve
In the early decades of Wellington County, disputes over election results were so common as to…
The unfolding trend change
One of the most surprising by-products of the current speculative era has been the demand for…
The widening attack on free speech
Last month I wrote about free speech. Reaction to that column and a growing concern among fellow…
New book
Recently I’ve been holed up. It was not unlike working in a salt mine. The reason was not the…
1908 blizzards shut down roads and local rail lines
Ask oldtimers about severe winters in Wellington County, and most will immediately recall the…
Bigger is not better
Until recently in Canada and the United States, the bigger retailers had a dominant share of the…
A champion of free speech emerges
In two previous columns, I dealt with the issue of the attack on free speech by Canadian Human…
Country music
I’m back to listening to country music again. In my younger days, eons and eons ago, it was…
Railways struggled to open lines after March storm
Last week’s column offered the first part of the story of the winter of 1908, and the storms…
Not a good bet
According to conventional wisdom, it is accepted as a good bet that shares on the stock market…
Changing for the sake of change
As a normal result of getting older, almost any comment about change in society sends me spinning…