Your humble narrator recently explored his inner Scotsman. There was haggis. There was fine scotch. There were hairy legs poking out of a kilt. No, gentle...
Category - Columnists
Columnists - Nick Jeffrey
Robbie Burrrrns Day
Columnists - Jai Murugan
(City)
So my cousin phones me up all panicky. She has to come to the city for a specialist appointment and there’s been another murder in town. Being the...
Columnists - Mansoor Ladha
Can Obama’s gun control plan reduce violence in U.S.?
Politics makes strange bedfellows, as they say. A classical example of this is the U.S. where the nation is divided in coming up with gun control proposals...
Columnists - Nick Jeffrey
Vintage Alberta Beer
Your globetrotting liquor reporter has returned home from a whirlwind of international travel, and let me tell you, I missed our local Alberta beer. Perhaps it...
Columnists - Jai Murugan
(Safe)
“Out!” yelled Blindy, as I slid home. I never understood how my imaginary ump could be so darned incompetent. Just once you’d think...
Columnists - Nick Jeffrey
Beers of New York
Your globetrotting liquor reporter decided to jet away to NYC for the recently passed New Year’s Eve. As you might imagine, in a city of over 8 million...
Columnists - Mansoor Ladha
Now that hockey is back…
You don’t miss it until it’s no longer available and that was the story of NHL hockey lockout, which wiped out the first four months of what should...
Columnists - Jai Murugan
(talk)
Some of my former imaginary friends and enemies could speak. They had squeaky voices from dry air, insensitivity toward my feelings, and clouds of confusion in...
Columnists - Mansoor Ladha
Myths about Muslims proved wrong
“The Muslims are coming! The Muslims are coming!” This used to be the battle cry and anti-Muslim euphoria gripping Europe and the U.S. as aftermath...
Columnists - Bruce McAllister
We don’t have a revenue problem
Happy New Year, and here’s hoping this finds you happy, healthy, and holding steadfast to whatever resolutions you set for yourself this year. One of my...