August 28, 2008 RSS feed / Columns

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Am I my brother's keeper?

Christian Perspectives
Thomas Baer
A lot can be said and has been said about this passage. He said, "I do not know. More...

Circular set out rules for Ontario's high, continuation schools

Dipping Into the Past

100 YEARS AGO Thursday, August 27, 1908 • The education department has just issued a circular regarding approved continuation schools, high schools and collegiate institutes, setting forth the necessary qualifications of teachers and equi More...

Talking animals

Angles 'n' Attitudes
William Bothwell

I pay little attention to the comic pages of the newspapers. We used to call them "the funnies". It seems to me that most of the funniness has disappeared from them although admittedly, humour is a subjective thing. More...

Name change a reminder of Black's roles

Queen's Park
Eric Dowd

Ontarians have been given a timely reminder why they dislike Conrad Black, after the complex, difficult-to-understand court hearings that found he defrauded investors of non-competition payments and obstructed justice sent him to jail for 6 1/2 yea More...

It's how you play the game

Basic Black
Arthur Black

"If earning a tie is like kissing your sister, losing is like kissing your grandmother with her teeth out." George Brett Poor old George. He was a great baseball player and an occasionally funny guy, but he just didn't get it. More...

'Bundling' can have its challenges

Random Reflections
Tom Claridge

Back in the 1970s. when the family moved into the wilds of Mono, life was a lot simpler. Bundling was something you did with things like newspapers, and the bundles were objects one could lift. More...

CALEDON SKETCH:

CALEDON SKETCH: Artist Richard Barrington Nevitt, in his Caledon Sketchbook, says: "So much strength and tranquility appear in grasses frozen in their last serenade to winter's icy cold outdoors. More...

Are we really 'small global players'?

National Affairs
Claire Hoy

In a January 24, 1860 speech, the famous English statesman, author and prime minister Benjamin Disraeli said this: "How much easier it is to be critical than to be correct." Obviously, he wasn't thinking of former Canadian prime minister Jean Chre More...

The Gift of Patience

From the Global Classroom
Doug Skeates

Every individual is a unique story. A valuable experience for each of us would be taking the time to reflect on what made us who we are. My story is about patience. More...