Letters

What a difference a day makes.

September 6, 2023   ·   0 Comments

by SHERALYN ROMAN Growing up, I heard this expression often. It was usually meant as a general exhortation to avoid dwelling in the past, or ...

It’s in the newspaper – it must be true

by BRIAN LOCKHART Print media can be a very powerful tool. If the Toronto Star or New York Times printed a national headline reading “Aliens ...

Home ownership requires a certain handiness

by MARK PAVILONS It’s been said that if your man isn’t handsome, he better be handy! Our species has succeeded and evolved, largely because we ...

Regal steps in the right direction

by BROCK WEIR There are many dates indelibly stamped in our collective consciousness. It’s drilled into us from a very early age what modern country ...

Zimbabwe and the “Ruling Party Syndrome”

by GWYNNE DYER “No-one will stop us from ruling this country. You will be lost if you don’t vote for ZANU-PF,” said President Emmerson Mnangagwa ...

A win is a win, right? 

by SHERALYN ROMAN When is a victory really a victory? Do we consider something a “win” even if we know some of the potential reasons ...

I just can’t live without laughter

by Mark Pavilons Jonathan Foer once wrote that he regrets that it takes a lifetime to learn how to live. And Roy T. Bennett pointed ...

That ‘20s Show

by BROCK WEIR It’s always a jarring feeling when “your” past – in this case, our collective past – comes back to… haunt us? No, ...

It’s About Access

by SHERALYN ROMAN News and our ability to access it, whether that’s through social media; an actual news website, through Instagram, or through the printed ...

A burst of joy

by BRIAN LOCKHART There is a well-known Pulitzer Prize winning photograph titled “Burst of Joy” that shows a family running to meet their husband and ...

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