Dear Mr. Harper:
Oh, wait, I’m sorry. You’re not Prime Minister anymore, so there’s no need to persist with these needless formalities. Let’s try again. Pretend you’re wearing a cardigan by the fireside for one of your “folksy” campaign commercials,...
It’s an old cliché: “A stranger’s just a friend you haven’t met.”
Well, it WAS an old cliché, anyway – before Cathy and I made our first trip to St. John’s.
It was already a special occasion because neither of us...
I discovered MAD Magazine in the early ‘80s, nearly three decades into its
existence.
At the time, the magazine section at
the Port Hawkesbury Sobeys location was kitty-corner to the bakery section,
so I still recall the...
I’m amazed by the time that has already elapsed since the provincial Education Minister announced that his government had accepted the recommendation of an independent consultant – in a report filed only 24 hours earlier - to dissolve Nova...
One of my all-time favourite singers and songwriters passed away
not long ago, so I’m writing this column while my emotions are still raw and
bubbling just beneath the surface.
That seems only appropriate when writing...
International Women’s Day felt a little different this year.
For one thing, there seemed to be an air of hopelessness to it. Women have made incredible strides over the past year, on the local, national and international scale, and yet...
Regular column readers (poor souls) might recall my
concern over MAD Magazine’s future.
To recap: The night before the Fourth of July (classy),
DC Entertainment sent e-mails to
MAD’s writers and artists to insist that they stop...
I never served in the military; I’ve never even put on a uniform.
My longest exposure to any military organization was a single evening of test-driving the L’Ardoise Army Cadet Corps during my first month in the eighth grade. (It...
We heard the word “choice” a lot in
May.
That word arises nearly any time the
abortion issue rears its ugly head in North America. But “choice” dominated the
headlines, social media and general conversation ever since...
I’ve felt for a long time that the simple act of making tea can be a perfect metaphor for life.
After all, just as we all have different ways to live our lives, tea drinkers all have their own way...