March 24, 2011 RSS feed / Columns

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With Your Permission

‘Blast them outta the sky’
Constance Scrafield- Danby
“T here’s only one way to deal with those people! That’s to blast them outta the sky! More...

From the Global Classroom

‘Together We Stand . . .’
Doug Skeates

The second part of that expression, “Divided we fall”, may be more apt as the world becomes more divisive and millions are ‘falling’. More...

Angles ’n’ Attitudes

What we hear said
William Bothwell

Heraclitus - Heraklitos, actually, since he was Greek - was right. Change is a constant. There is no point, therefore, in being a stand-pat conservative. All who claim to be so are vanishing dinosaurs. More...

Christian Perspectives

What is the Biblical Response to Issues in Our World Today?
Bob McLellan

An article on the National Post website on March 18, 2011 described the concern being raised by some Japanese people about the resurgence of “hibakusha”. This is a term that was used after the nuclear attack on Japan by the U.S. More...

Dipping Into the Past

Orangeville Council said Scott Act should allow beer and wine licences

125 YEARS AGO Thursday, March 25, 1886  Orangeville Town Council, by a vote of 7-4, have passed a resolution saying that the Scott Act is not a success, and suggesting “that a wise course for the Federal Parliament to pursue at the present ses More...

Ontario matters

Tactical m.o. laid bare
Rob. Bredin

“C ommon” is a word whose meaning has fluctuated through time. When I was a boy, as Bill More...

Your Weekly Chuckle

By KEITH HUNTER

MOTHER: “Why are you eating so quickly?” BILLY: “I want to eat as much as possible before I lose my appetite.” More...

National Affairs

The question, as always: who is going to pay?
Claire Hoy

Here’s a question: if you spent half of the money you earned on one particular item, let’s say your mortgage, and you were in a position where you had to cut your spending, would it be foolhardy to keep spending more on your mortgage? More...

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