Words matter

September 1, 2022 · 0 Comments

by BRIAN LOCKHART Imagine going in for a consultation with your doctor, dentist, lawyer, accountant, realtor, or even a government agency. You sit down in ...

Might Russia use its ‘tactical’ nukes

by GWYNNE DYER On 25 August the president of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, announced that the country’s combat aircraft have been ‘upgraded’ by the Russians to ...

James Lovelock: Darwin’s heir

by GWYNNE DYER Jim Lovelock was a late bloomer. His first book, ‘Gaia: a New Look at Life on Earth’, was published in 1979, when ...

We’re number one!

by BRIAN LOCKHART The list of the world’s happiest countries has finally been announced for 2022. Of course we’ve all been waiting for this prestigious ...

How to read a road map

by BRIAN LOCKHART I was watching a DVD movie the other day from 2008. That’s not really that long ago. In the movie, the character ...

Pelosi’s visit in Taiwan

by GWYNNE DYER Nancy Pelosi’s brief visit to Taiwan this week caused great if somewhat confected anger in Beijing, but the Chinese Communist regime was ...

Crickets from government

OUR READERS WRITE I am writing to express my concern and anger over the current health care crisis in Ontario. I wonder, how many days, ...

Last Arab democracy goes under

by GWYNNE DYER Tunisia would seem to have everything going for it. Average salaries are the third-highest in all of Africa’s fifty countries, just behind ...

Thank a nurse

by BRIAN LOCKHART One of the online forums I frequent and contribute to on a regular basis, posed the question: “who is your hero?” A ...

Scrap ArriveCAN

by MICHAEL ZWAAGSTRA Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland thinks her government is too humble. At least that’s what she said when a reporter asked her ...

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