It’s been a long winter, and there is more to come. When the cabin fever seeps in, I take…
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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…
Ornamental birds
Birds, birds, and more birds – that’s what I saw this past weekend. A friend of mine…
The politics of envy
Leftist radicals and the so-called do-gooders constantly are repeating their pleas for higher taxes…
It figures
I’ve figured it out. I have finally figured out how politicians think. They think in millions…
Poop soup: Canine fallout uncovered
The ice rink in our backyard has melted and the poop soup has surfaced and begun to percolate under…