Long ago, bands of English artisans, Luddites, rioted against mechanization and destroyed…
Making choices
Many must share responsibility for our present economic troubles. The financial community is among…
Romeo, oh Romeo
My life is a Shakespearian comedy. Take last Friday morning, for example. Everything was going…
Lessons learned in the heat
Just sitting in the heat a few days ago turned me from the happy, uncomplaining fellow most people…
Homesick
Would you believe it? Could you believe it? I am already homesick and I haven’t yet…
Elora firemen hosted huge convention in 1934
For the past 15 years, people have enjoyed Elora’s old-fashioned Dominion Day celebrations on…
Reasons for skepticism
Happy Days Are Here Again. Are they? That song was so popular in the 1930s during the Great…
The Daddy Day
Imagine being married to someone who publishes your personal life in a newspaper that goes…
Let them eat cake
Some years ago, I wrote a column that cited statistics suggesting 78% of Canadians believe hunger…
Career of promising young MPP ended in 1934 car crash
Last week’s column, describing the 1934 firemen’s convention at Elora,…
Mid June
Spring has sprung, the grass has risen, and the daisies are all in bloom – which leaves me in…
Transformation worth copying
More often than not, we Canadians reject copying any ideas from south of the border. It may seem…
Out to lunch
School is almost over. That means I will have to remember how to keep my children occupied for…
His transgression; my guilt
The ongoing reports of drunk driving punctuate the fact that our society has not solved the…
True thoughts
Though often busy and scrambling on occasion to meet a weekly deadline, seldom do I reprint an…