Letters

The people you meet in your neighbourhood

August 20, 2026   ·   0 Comments

by JAMES MATTHEWS Perspective is relative. How one person sees a situation, emotionally digests circumstances, and responds might be a thousand ways different from how ...

Get out of the way: Letting young people discover what they can do

This week, I have been spending my days in a room full of 10- to 13-year-olds and a lot of butter, flour, and sugar. It ...

AI and bio-weapons 

by GWYNNE DYER ‘Artificial intelligence’ based on Large Language Models is shaping up to be the most efficient destroyer of value since the South Sea ...

Of mala, baseballs and a messy metaphor

by JAMES MATTHEWS Baseball and meditation are closely aligned, I think. This may be the cheesiest thing I’ll write for this space. But bear with ...

Cyril Ramaphosa and the law

by GWYNNE DYER It’s outrageous. You’re at your hobby farm in the country, just pottering around, so you stuff the $580,000 in your pocket under ...

Of panicked screams heard on crowded public transport

by JAMES MATTHEWS They’re everywhere! My jebus, they’re everywhere!” Only jebus wasn’t the word he used, but this is a family newspaper. “Too many of ...

War-Weary

by GWYNNE DYER I have been writing this column twice a week for a long time, so I have a finely developed sense for when ...

The loss of a childhood friend

by KEITH SCHELL When a child loses a friend, it leaves a quiet hurt that never fully goes away. Nothing ever really takes the place ...

Healing begins with being heard: FTP’s services foster recovery and hope

When people think of Family Transition Place (FTP), many immediately think of an emergency shelter and crisis support. While these services remain a vital part ...

Courts are the last defence against tyranny

by GWYNNE DYER India and the United States are the world’s two biggest democracies, and both of them seem to be in danger. In each ...

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