Thursday nights in the summer the fireworks explode over Old Orchard Beach Pier. The weekly display draws tourists, who spend money. I don’t always manage to get there when I am visiting – family, friends and weather can all be contributing factors as to whether I make the trek down the beach from where I […]
Did they not get marks in high school? Given that they are now university students, they must have – you don’t get in without good grades. At the University of Michigan this fall, new students will no longer be told grades in many of the courses they take.. It is for their mental health. Apparently […]
In 2022, Stephen Marche, a keen observer of American society and politics, published the scariest book I have read in years, The Next Civil War. It was so unsettling I couldn’t write about it here. On Monday I read an essay he published in the New York Times with his thoughts on the Canada-US trade […]
Donald Trump says Canada: “wants the benefits” of being a U.S. state “without being one.” But he forgot to tell us what those benefits would be. Would it be a country with no universal health care, which Canada has and the US doesn’t? Would it be an electoral system where political parties control district boundaries […]
Friday midnight came and went with no deal. The US is imposing what it hopes will be crippling tariffs on Canadian industry. Canada will retaliate. It is an article of faith in America’s civil religion that no-one can beat them in a trade war. Donald Trump has made it very clear to other countries that […]
I thought about writing a commentary to go along with the image, but it really does speak for itself.
Deal or no deal? The latest deadline for Canada and the USA to come to a trade agreement is tonight at midnight. What do you think will happen? I suspect that for most people trade talks are deadly boring, so I have not been spending much time here on the ongoing trade dispute. It mostly […]
There will be fireworks beside the pier in Old Orchard Beach tonight. Despite the police chief’s objections. The Thursday night fireworks have been at 9:45 for decades. I seem to remember them being at 9:30 when I was younger, but my memory for such things isn’t guaranteed. Earlier this summer they were moved to 9. […]
What’s in a name, Shakespeare asked. I’m pondering that in advance of a concert in Ottawa tonight. It was the names that attracted me. Three seventies powerhouses, two with sixties roots. Jefferson Starship, Kansas and Deep Purple are sharing the stage. I have seen these bands before. But not there versions. There is one original […]
Some people sleep in when they are on vacation. Not me. I have always been an early riser. That made m a natural for morning radio – I was awake already at the early hour required. it has been 20 years since I did morning radio, but I am still awake before five most mornings. […]
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