Our words, promises and handshakes

October 17, 2019 · 0 Comments

by MARK PAVILONS There are times that I miss the way things used to be. I don’t want to sound old-fashioned or stuck in the past, ...

An accident just waiting to happen

OUR READERS WRITE As a local resident and driver of these roads for the past 50 years, I have to say I am seeing something ...

How young is too young to vote?

by SHERALYN ROMAN I’ll admit, prior to a recent discussion, this is a topic about which I had not given a great deal of thought. ...

Hong Kong protests

by GWYNNE DYER After the 17th consecutive weekend of increasingly violent protests in Hong Kong, the first protester was wounded by a live bullet on ...

Too many open microphones

Editorial MONDAY NIGHT’S LEADERS’ DEBATE may well go down in history as the worst ever, at least in modern times. As many observers have pointed ...

Smart tech taking over from dumb humans?

by Mark Pavilons We’re becoming a society of smart-tech operators. Our young people have grown up with the tech, but what about those of us ...

Season premiere of ‘This is Caledon’

BY SHERALYN ROMAN Like the TV show, This is Us, today’s column is called “This is Caledon” because of all the drama. I mean drama ...

Johnson’s cunning plan

BY GWYNNE DYER Britain’s prime minister has only been in office for 10 weeks, and he is already in potentially terminal trouble. Never an ardent ...

A real weapon vs climate change

EDITORIAL CRITICS OF CARBON TAXES often argue that any such measures designed to limit man-made climate change will achieve little so long as countries like ...