New Years Eve is kind of like your first date with a bad boy: you get all dolled up, drink to calm…
Opinion
The 13th Man
I would like to sincerely apologize to my neighbours, particularly those with young children, for…
Colonel J.J. Craig was public school inspector for 48 years
During his lifetime in Fergus, James J. Craig of Fergus ranked as one of the best known men in…
The marriage game
Often people tell me how lucky I am to have found and married the Carpenter, the undisputed love of…
Quants
For most of us who are uninitiated in modern computer slang, terms like quants or algorithms are…
Not really dead
According to government press releases, inflation in North America is virtually non-existent, with…
The middle class
The Government of Canada is focused on creating jobs and economic growth for all Canadians. In…
Millennials’ problems
There clearly is a growing problem among millennials, those born between the years 1985 and 2000.…
Financial challenges
The success of our institutions for higher education is key to our economic future. Yet changes in…
Arthur area residents pioneered in agricultural innovation
In the first decades of the 20th century, Arthur Township developed a tradition of novelty in…
Wow, what a weekend!
Wow! What a weekend – a better time could not be had! It all started out at my 80th birthday…
Disappointing ‘capex’
For an economy to prosper, companies must spend money on new plants and equipment – capital…
Fighting terrorism
Canada is not immune from terrorism. The week of Oct. 19, Parliament was attacked and two…
Policy makers’ mess
A recent book by Martin Wolf, an esteemed commentator published in the London (England) Times,…
Vacuums, X-rays, Melville church: More historical briefs for 2014
Last week’s column featured a few odds and ends that have been accumulating in my files. Here…