January 24, 2008 RSS feed / Columns

Time to 'blow them up and start again'

There's an old saying that those who live in tin houses shouldn't be tossing can openers. More...

A blunder from which there's no recovery?

Many Ontario political leaders have made mistakes and recovered. But can Progressive Conservative leader John Tory? More...

Round Up

Beside me the young man stands in black pants and crisp red shirt with the store logo printed on his sleeve. I ask, "What makes the one for three hundred dollars better than the one for a hundred eighty?" "Uh... More...

Dipping Into the Past

Special train took district Oddfellows to Erin convention

100 YEARS AGO Thursday, January 23, 1908 • A convention of the Oddfellows of Dufferin District No. More...

Been there

Whenever I drive through the village of Flesherton I do an 'eyes left' to acknowledge the former hotel at the main intersection. I usually turn right there and north again up through the Beaver Valley's romantic scenery. More...

Poverty and the Fossil Fuel Crisis: One Potential Solution

The Philippines present a microcosm of global woes facing mankind. Subsequent to a consulting role 15 years ago, I made a recent visit to evaluate initiatives planned to kill two birds with one stone. More...

The humility and openness of heart

We read in Luke 23: 33- 43 that Jesus is placed on the cross and the Roman soldiers deriding Jesus, saying to him, 'If you are the king of the Jews, save yourself'. One of the criminals, hanging beside Jesus says, "Aren't you the Messiah? More...